well, now that i've learned yankee stadium is verboten for the likes of me, one place i won't be going is nyc. decided not to sell the east side hut at this time as apparently we know way too many folks who have bolted 'the city', yet been banging on my phone for their short term hotel needs. so, no more freeloaders. now, there's a charge -call it airspliffy bnb. outside of a few music clubs (mostly closed, and many closing permanently), and zero interest in the restaurant and broadway stuff (the one place we'll miss, sammys roumanian - gigunda beef, bottle of vodka, fork, knife, latkes, and mebbe some green stuff for the ladies, doesn't even know if they'll be at the same place), if saratoga gets similarly loopy, well cross that place off the itinerary too. no worries heading out east on the island, or way up into the dacks as people there haven't lost their minds. forget the weekend ferry hop to fire island- the man prolly has x-ray scanners and uplinks to my permanent record card, so prolly also verboten. heading back up to maine shortly, to check out the reality around old colony. if there's any weirdness there with my expected flow, well, im gonna leave that too, and check that place off the route.
Eastern Standard in kenmore square has closed. permanently. restaurants aren't aboot food -there's good food everywhere. they're aboot 'the scene.' ain't no scene in nyc anymore, so they ain't gonna see me, either. salt lake, the panhandle, volunteer high country, and many other places are lovely this time of year, and they don't yell at you, or give u the third degree.
signed clif 'hassle free' spliffy, a very avid camper.
ps. word on the streets has it that our hood (east shore ct) gonna be nutz this summer. pro tip: u making that run up to chatfield hollar some day this summer? closed/shut down like hammy beach from the traffic? just head a few miles east over to Pattaconk Lake. awesomesauce.
