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There’s Something In The Air
And we’re not talking about the fumes from the portable toilets. No matter what your political leanings are, if you’ve been out in PQ this weekend you know that the excitement is palpable. The crowds are starting to arrive, media trucks are everywhere, and seemingly every empty store front is now an Obama souvenir store. We […]
Another Construction Fence Comes Down
A pleasant sight greeted us on our morning commute on Tuesday. The sidewalk and left lane of traffic on 10th street in front of Ford’s Theatre were open, no more construction fences. As downtown becomes Jersey-barriered for the inauguration, it is so nice to see one of our long disrupted streets opened up again.
The Most Important Ford’s Upgrade
You may not know it, but Friday was an important day for Ford’s Theatre patrons. The deliveries being made in the photo to the left should be a welcome relief to the derriere of anyone who ever sat in the theatre before renovations began. The boxes (which are labeled Irwin Seating Company) we’re assuming (hoping, praying) contain […]
It’s Almost Enough To Make Us Get Cable
As one of the (seemingly) few homes that doesn’t have cable TV, we’ve discussed the Over-The-Air (“OTA”) digital channels which have helped us through these times. First there was The Tube, a music TV channel which folded in October 2007. That loss was tough, but the blow was soon lessened by our discovery of the Retro […]