Posting fool alert

So, my About editor lives in Geneva now. Big change from Slavic Village.

Wasn’t really a question as to why: in less than a year, her house in  Cleve was broken into four times. Her car got it once. Oh, and one time when she went to the bathroom someone walked in and stole her laptop.

Lovely.

Two years ago, while we met in person at Heck’s (Best. Burgers. Evah.) she told me that Slavic Village was a wonderful place to live and relatively crime free. She stands by this statement being true when freshly minted from her lips. Not too much, now.

So her home is pretty cool – a neat 1870’s brick building where allegedly the founder of Oldsmobile, Mr. RJ (or some such initials) Olds, spent his early boyhood. It has a neat screened in porch and loads of character.  Oh, and no crime out there in the eastern sticks.

But I went to Geneva on the Lake, one of my favorite haunts, and lots of Mom and Pop fun places are gone for good. Hard to tell without paying close attention; it’s basically all boarded-up for winter. Some boards won’t be coming off, though.

Jimmy Stewart’s comment in “The Philadelphia Story” sprung to mind,  his sarcastic “The prettiest sight in this fine pretty world is the privileged class enjoying its privileges.”  So, conversely, is the ugliest site in the world what happens when the priviliged class no longer has any money to burn?

Hardly. Maybe for now, though, it’s a sad sight and one to which we’re unused to viewing up close. 

My editor believes we’ve turned a corner with Obama (a fine man, but no miracle worker, so sayeth I as always). 

She made a fabulous lunch and we went over our big plans for the CIFF this year. I’m attending some weekend film forums at CSU that correlate to the festival events and praying to get tickets to the closing night film, starring Rachel Weisz. Paul Ruffalo and Adrian Brody, the name of which escapes me at the moment.  No volunteering this year, because it really made for a long ten days.  Just director interviews, film reviews (which I will post links to as always) and a film slam piece.  Maybe an interview with Bill Guentzler, if we can get him to stand still long enough.

Best time of the year ever.