Here follows a short list of things I have decided to do
(it is not finished yet)
Go visit a graveyard at midnight, preferably during summer
Order and eat ice cream from a Friendlys outdoor window- in winter
Something funny happened and I can’t remember what it was.
5/5/09 -I finally remembered! At least, I think it’s funny.
There’s a restaurant on Central Ave really far towards Schenectady. It used to be called the Colorado Mining Company. The sign was designed to look like some rock and mining equipment and the Colorado part was sort of separate from the rest. The restaurant was bought by someone and a portion of the sign was changed to Tokyo, to read “Tokyo Mining Company”. (the second half of the sign was changed later to “steakhouse”) Dan and I thought it was funny that the new owners would only change the one word of the name. The best part for me was how much my mental image changed. The name “Colorado Mining Company” conjures up mental pictures of burly frontiersmen in flannel skillfully wielding pickaxes, but the name “Tokyo Mining Company” for me brings forth images of hunched over Asians wearing wide hats being forced into labor. The first name sounds like men having a hearty meal and the new name just sounds like cave-ins and bad conditions.