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Rochester!
Apr. 3rd, 2008 11:02 pmMy former self was kind enough to get an airline ticket departing at nearly 11AM instead of the 6AM flights he usually gets. This was wonderful.
Louisiana is in its balmy, subtropical spring, but patches of snow still dot the countryside around Rochester.
At the airport in Rochester I was met by Elisa, a French girl who recently moved into the co-op, who delivered me there.
The co-op itself looks like its old self, only moreso; it seems to be doing fine. The theatre in the attic is awesome. And the current residents have crafted themselves a new hang-out spot in the most unlikely of locations: the old cistern in the basement of the brick house. Speaking of the brick house, Luke has started a commercial bakery there, "Small World Bakery." The co-op is having a music-and-story night/afternoon on Saturday, which I hope to attend if the qual stuff is under control.
The most surprising change in the neighborhood is that University of Rochester has built a huge housing complex on South Plymouth Avenue, between the foot bridge and the co-op. (It's not occupied yet.) No visible progress has been made at Urban Brew (the coffee shop to-be on Genesee street), but I'm told that the project's been bought out by the Boulder Coffee people--probably for the best.
Unfortunately I'm feeling like I've come down with a cold. Hopefully a good night's sleep will do the trick. Tomorrow I'll go into the University, see people, go to the colloquium, drink free library coffee, and try to study/prepare my talk.
Louisiana is in its balmy, subtropical spring, but patches of snow still dot the countryside around Rochester.
At the airport in Rochester I was met by Elisa, a French girl who recently moved into the co-op, who delivered me there.
The co-op itself looks like its old self, only moreso; it seems to be doing fine. The theatre in the attic is awesome. And the current residents have crafted themselves a new hang-out spot in the most unlikely of locations: the old cistern in the basement of the brick house. Speaking of the brick house, Luke has started a commercial bakery there, "Small World Bakery." The co-op is having a music-and-story night/afternoon on Saturday, which I hope to attend if the qual stuff is under control.
The most surprising change in the neighborhood is that University of Rochester has built a huge housing complex on South Plymouth Avenue, between the foot bridge and the co-op. (It's not occupied yet.) No visible progress has been made at Urban Brew (the coffee shop to-be on Genesee street), but I'm told that the project's been bought out by the Boulder Coffee people--probably for the best.
Unfortunately I'm feeling like I've come down with a cold. Hopefully a good night's sleep will do the trick. Tomorrow I'll go into the University, see people, go to the colloquium, drink free library coffee, and try to study/prepare my talk.
