Thursday, February 06, 2003

There are new signs up

There are new signs up in my neighborhood and it looks like we’ve gone upscale.  I know a lot of folk think we’re “out in the avenues” and too far from the pulsing heart of the city to partake of its vibrancy, but I’ve never felt that way.  Sure, there are a lot of older people here, and a lot of newly arrived people with cultural ideosyncracies to overcome, but it’s been homey and super convenient for years.  But now I know it’s mod.  And it’s rich.  The signs say so.  Those garage sale signs that invite us out to a sale in the Richmod district.  It was “the Richmond,” before that, and sort of underappreciated.  And I was okay with that.  But now even the garage sales here are mod, and rich.  Maybe too rich for my blood.  Maybe I can stick around and provide atmosphere.