Our house
AirBNB does it again. Our basement apartment is cozy and charming.
After a lovely lunch in the museum café, we did go back and try to push our way through to see the Rembrandt up close. It was marvelous, but somehow I was drawn to take a picture of the security guard, who seemed to know that he was going to be in 1,000 photos before the day was out.
Another Mona Lisa moment
Only it’s Vermeer and the Dutch are the tallest people in the world.
At least it’s big enough to see
At the Rijksmuseum, the highlight attraction is Rembrandt’s the Night Watch. Just like the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, you can only see it from about 30 feet away unless you’re willing to push through all the other people.
It’s the little things that matter
In an admirable show of restraint, candidate Mary Hasson earns brownie points for using sticky notes on newspaper machines instead of something bigger and louder.
Striking IBEW union members putting finishing touches on their guest mascot “Porkorate Pig”. They manned the picket lines all weekend and are out in force today, hoping for a better contract from Fairpoint Communications.
I look out on the nondescript Fairpoint building from my office window. I don’t know whether the deal these union workers get is any raw-er than the deal any workingman gets in these days of globalization and technological change. I also don’t know if Fairpoint is really any worse than any other big employer burdened with the bizarre legacies of the breakup of Ma Bell and the ensuing organizational and regulatory stew.
Whatever the merits of the situation, there’s never a winner, at least in the short term, when it gets to this point.
Really good, actually
We’ve eaten in some of the finest restaurants in Europe and America over the years, and now we’ve also eaten the Friday Night Fish Fry at the American Legion.
Getting the lead out
The High Street house is being scraped this week preparatory to painting, weather permitting, in the next couple of weeks. Of course, all the work is being done by a contractor with the federal lead removal certification… which is both a good health thing and a big expense.
It will receive a new color scheme of medium sage green with cream trim and a blood red accent color.
Priorities
While this stretch of road remains closed due to questions about the stability of the retaining wall below it, Brattleboro nonetheless keeps its high priority activities in clear focus.
RIP
Roadside memorial, West Brattleboro, VT
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