According to an article in the Observer this Sunday, there is quite an experiment going on in Detroit to radically reinvent the city. Decimated by the loss of the old industries, great swathes of the city lie abandoned. Started by a mix of private citizens and others there has been a move to cultivate derelict [...]
Our young newspaper guy has a unique way of dressing and his hair is usually multicolour and ever changing. He was upset the other day by some old fart making rude remarks to him when he went to collect the paper money, something the guy had done before apparently. He won’t be delivering a paper [...]
How language causes strong reactions and how it changes over time. If you’d been invited to view some tits back in the day you would have gone to the stables to look at carriage horses – also called ‘cattle’. If a coachman was queer, he wouldn’t have been strange or homosexual but somewhat drunk. Faggot probably still is a [...]
Managed not to say ‘Where is the toilet please’ … shock,horror in USA. Got to say ‘rest room’ or ‘lavatory’ etc. Set Disgraceful Rider thinking about all the alternatives we have for wanting a tiddle/widdle/slash/gypsy’s (from him indoors) (gypsy’s kiss – think about it)/point percy at the porceline/shake hands with a friend etc., Some I’m too [...]
Enjoyed preserved old centre. Fab Railway Museum, beautifully kept exhibits to rival York’s. Bought book ‘The Harvey Girls’ (women who opened the West). From 1880 to 1950s young single women from all over went to work in Fred Harvey’s restaurants along the Santa Fe railway at a time when there were ‘no ladies west of [...]
Sad that the city was so full of homeless/down and out people. Far more than in London. So distressing in one of the richest Countries and I wondered if the city has no help for them. Do you find it hard to walk by,turn away, pretend not to see? What do you do ’cause you [...]
Weird weather … cocktails at the Top of the Mark … Fishermans Wharf like upmarket Blackpool … vibrant China town… failed to create earthquake… pity I’d seen the Humber Bridge first! Loved old Sacramento and the Railway Museum outstanding OMG the size of those locos! Redwoods, like Petra, half as old as time and Carmel [...]
So near yet so far – he was in L.A. and I was in San Francisco. If only he knew the two things he needs to give up smoking but maybe he’ll read this. First he needs to replace the ritual with a set of worry beads to play with instead of ciggies, then suck [...]
On plane last year, green card to fill in, question: ‘Is it your intention to commit moral turpitude’. Well, that was a difficult one, given there was only ‘yes or no’ on the answer part. What was it? Maybe once I knew I’d want to have a go. Did wearing a thong constitute it ? [...]
I used to sing this – now I’m going there soon which is pretty awesome. Finding out stuff to do on our 2/3 days there – touring round the area on the other days. Been reading about a bookshop to visit, not bothered about Alcatraz – who the f…k wants to visit a prison unless [...]
