May 21, 2008

annoytement

Filed under:, , — Chris @ 10:48 pm

Annoytement \An*noyt”ment\, n. [OF. anoiance, anuiance, escitement.]
1. The peculiar mix of annoyance and excitement at being woken up by fireworks at 10:30PM on a Wednesday.

For a private party, no less. It sorta annoys me to see public places hold private events. Merely for the fact that they’re in a public space that suddenly I can’t go to. Riverfront park, the shelby street bridge. I assume that the amount it costs to rent riverfront or the gateway bridge more than covers the cost of infrastructure to support closing it off — city costs, police, etc. I hope. Right?

March 12, 2008

chili cookoff

Filed under:, , , , — Chris @ 2:55 pm

Does anyone else find it a little ballsy that the URA, who has steadfastly opposed both the homeless in the Church Street Park, public food distribution to the homeless (by Food Not Bombs and others), and restaurants giving out food, is now holding in the Church Street Park, of all things … a chili cook-off?

I hope their permits are in order. That said, I make some damn good chili. I should enter it.