Artwalk and Riverside Trolley Live Blog - 11-3-2010

[Steve]

So...it's possible to get the vagrants out of hemming plaza, yet we only do it once a month.  Why again?

[Steve]

So the "feed a girl" was a bit misleading.  I was mislead (sorry).  So, at MOCA in the theater they have this thing where this girl is sitting on the stage, while a few different guys (one at a time) go on stage and eat dinner with her.  She is facing away from the audience, but she is being videotaped, and the camera is zoomed in on her face.  Apparently it's some sort of experiment on blind dating (purely a guess)?  I'll have an update, because I'm sure you're as lost as I am.

[Steve]

Okay, so here's the deal on this, and I promise I'll move on from the "feeding".  So it was a Organized by a girl named Orin Heidelberg (one of the contributors of Waxonville), and it was called "Food Service". It was a cool example of performance art, where people could line up to have dinner with her and watch her eat. The people could eat as well, stare at her, purposely spill food on her (not kidding), or whatever they wanted.  She filmed herself and the audience could study her reaction as she ate.

Ok, dinner time at Cafe NoLa.  I'll check back in a few.

[thelakelander]

Looks like you're having fun.  How is the turnout tonight?

[Steve]

Just checked out DK's Island, a small but cool bar and club in the former Deatry and Sons clothing store, next to Chew.  Cool place, but empty.

[Steve]

Looks like you're having fun.  How is the turnout tonight?

Not record-breaking, but solid.  Art walk ends at nine, so it's starting to slow down now, but It was pretty full until about 30 minutes ago

[Steve]

Looking at the Laura Street improvements.  It will look nice when finished, but they really went overboard.  They could have made Laura look nice for a lot less money.  However, having te sidewalk next to Modis is a HUGE improvement.

We seem to be at both extremes when it comes to improvements downtown:

Street sign for Laura Street:

Random Girls at same sign (BTW, their comment when they saw this - wow, how much did THIS cost?)



Now, take a look at the recently repainted stop sign outside the landing.  Obviously, the same guy was not in charge of the Laura Street Improvements (take note of the old green and new black paint):

[Steve]

Okay, time to head back to Riverside.  Got to the landing at 9:14.  Next trolley-9:35.  For this to be sustainable, something less than 30 minute headways is essential.

[Steve]

BTW, the stop at the landing consists of a sign.  Period.  That's it.

[Steve]

The old Andrew Jackson statue spot is now a flat circle.  It's nice, in a "random grass circle in the middle of an urban area" sort of way.

[Steve]

Random sewage smell inside the Landing.  Awesome

[Steve]

Trolley showed up at 9:26.  Not sure if it's 26 minutes late, or 9 minutes early. We did have to pay when we got on, unlike when we went Downtown.

[Steve]

Folks on the trolley (BTW, there are about 13 folks
Onboard) are talking about going to O'Brothers.  Case in point why this will work-it provides carless connectivity between downtown and a residential neighborhood

[Steve]

We are waiting at the landing.  Looks like this trolley was early, and waiting until 9:35.  Actually makes sense.  While we were waiting, someone tried to bring a bike on and was turned away.  Some trolleys have bike racks, and some don't.  With 30 minute headways, they need to be consistent with that.

[TheProfessor]

And you drink all you like and not worry about a DUI