My OperaTwo Things
Thursday, August 4, 2011 1:41:50 PM
First:
Since OneCup was closed today, the editor walked down to the other place by the Tenth Street Park, the long way, to get the WaPo. That is, he walked down Ninth then over on L. At the corner of Ninth and L, in front of the old Central Lock, he saw a young guy, cargo shorts, those work boots that say "I do real work just not cement finishing", civil engineer look, folded blue prints in hand with a tape measure, the 25 foot Stanley kind. So the editor says "How soon do they start construction"? Turns out, or at least the cover story is that he's just surveying the block to see how much has changed since last it was measured by whomever.
So it sounds like something is happening someday.
Second:
The editor had to go downtown by 6:30am yesterday morning for a medical procedure. Don't ask, it's a family blog. Just figure that that since this blog is being posted the editor survived.
He called Yellow Cab. 10 ringy-dingies and a message. Walked outdoors to the corner of Ninth and M. No cabs. The editor was under the false impression that this place had "gentrified". Tried Yellow again. Just a message about would the editor like to wait a small eternity. The editor gave up. Walked toward Logan Circle, figuring there might be cabs there. Saw a cab driving down Eleventh, and made it on time.
The editor asked the cabbie which was better for business, Ninth or Eleventh. No hesitation: Eleventh. So the next time he has to catch a cab at 6:00 in the morning, say in five years, it's Eleventh from the gitgo.
Since OneCup was closed today, the editor walked down to the other place by the Tenth Street Park, the long way, to get the WaPo. That is, he walked down Ninth then over on L. At the corner of Ninth and L, in front of the old Central Lock, he saw a young guy, cargo shorts, those work boots that say "I do real work just not cement finishing", civil engineer look, folded blue prints in hand with a tape measure, the 25 foot Stanley kind. So the editor says "How soon do they start construction"? Turns out, or at least the cover story is that he's just surveying the block to see how much has changed since last it was measured by whomever.
So it sounds like something is happening someday.
Second:
The editor had to go downtown by 6:30am yesterday morning for a medical procedure. Don't ask, it's a family blog. Just figure that that since this blog is being posted the editor survived.
He called Yellow Cab. 10 ringy-dingies and a message. Walked outdoors to the corner of Ninth and M. No cabs. The editor was under the false impression that this place had "gentrified". Tried Yellow again. Just a message about would the editor like to wait a small eternity. The editor gave up. Walked toward Logan Circle, figuring there might be cabs there. Saw a cab driving down Eleventh, and made it on time.
The editor asked the cabbie which was better for business, Ninth or Eleventh. No hesitation: Eleventh. So the next time he has to catch a cab at 6:00 in the morning, say in five years, it's Eleventh from the gitgo.
