cool places

I am still in search of cool places in my town and I keep finding treasures in little nooks and cranny and that excites me because I love a treasure hunt and that is what it feels like. So, I am planning on going out in the morning and walking through the downtown area and taking some pictures. It should be fun as long as I have my wits about me because like all downtown areas, there are a few shady looking characters and a few people that are down on their luck, and several pawn shops, as I stroll through draped in the jewelry, I wouldn't want to give them any ideas.

My city

I told you that I would go and find out what the heck is going on in this place where I dwell, but , I didn't actually find this place, one of my facebook/dancer friends found it, and knew I would  love it.  It is so classy that you keep looking around in disbelief, I mean, this is really happening, we are still in my city.  And to top it all off, it is owned by an African American sistah!!  Wow, wow!! This is going to be my new hang out, and if that happens ,  I will have to go back to exercising because the desserts are to live for.  I had red velvet cake for the first time, and oh man!!  There are also a couple of other businesses that I want to check out.  Two doors to the right, if you are going into the tearoom, there is an art gallery and two doors to the left is , be still my heart, a bookstore that sells used and some new books.  And all of this was happening right around the corner from the Peet's coffee where I first heard the question posed to a man at the next table, "so, what goes on in your town?"

So what goes on in this town?

While sitting in what I like to call my cafe,  which in actuality is Peet's coffee and it seems the best we can do in my town  I heard a woman ask the man she was sitting with, "So what goes on in your town," I must have missed his answer even though I was listening very intensely.  Maybe he said nothing and quickly, very quickly moved on but this question got me  thinking, what the hell does go on in this town?  This is the city I have been living in for probably more than 15 years, or maybe 20, I simply never wanted to count.  My favorite saying use to be, "I live here but I have a car so I can go away from here."  So, maybe it is time for me to explore and find out for sure if anything goes on in this place.  Is there any beauty to be found other than my home, Hummingbird Cottage?  I have never really thought of photographing anything in my city, I don't even consider it my city since I have spent most of my years in San Francisco, but, I think I should make that my anthropological project.  Yes, I am a trained anthropologist(10 years SFSU), so I should try and excavate the hidden civilization .  Of course it would be sad if in the end there really isn't anything worth  discovering but not totally unexpected.