This blog gets a certain number of overseas visitors ... more than 200 checked out the blog in the past month from the Ukraine (160), Russia (26) and Germany (20). Mostly, I'm sure, because of the posting about the Russian ballet at Bloomsburg University.
A lot of visitors from overseas come as a result of searches related to the late Toshiko Takaezu. (BU art professor emeritus Karl Beamer's personal recollection of his mentor motivated the creation of the blog.)
For those from out-of-town: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, is not a metropolis. It is however, a place where you can take a walk and find a there, or several theres, along the way.
This morning, I did a quick stop at my bank. Across the street is a real, as opposed to to a chain, diner.
Walked past several sub shops, a bunch of clothing stores, including my fav, the classic Al's Mens Shop, a burrito place, a dollar store, a Chinese restaurant, and found a real bookstore/coffee shop, The Cloak and Dragon, which just happens to be hosting an evening of caroling on Thursday, Dec. 15 (details at the end).
Ordered a pizza to take home at La Fontana. While the pizza was being made, I headed down to the Moose, where I just missed the starving artists breakfast ... with artists William Whitmoyer and Larry Ney II behind the counter. I did find time to pick up some cool handmade bread for my wife and check out the galleries (picked up a gift already last week). After picking up the pizza, headed home, and passed Artspace along the way.
The point is, for a small town, we've got a pretty good amount of "there" here.
A lot of visitors from overseas come as a result of searches related to the late Toshiko Takaezu. (BU art professor emeritus Karl Beamer's personal recollection of his mentor motivated the creation of the blog.)
For those from out-of-town: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, is not a metropolis. It is however, a place where you can take a walk and find a there, or several theres, along the way.
This morning, I did a quick stop at my bank. Across the street is a real, as opposed to to a chain, diner.
Walked past several sub shops, a bunch of clothing stores, including my fav, the classic Al's Mens Shop, a burrito place, a dollar store, a Chinese restaurant, and found a real bookstore/coffee shop, The Cloak and Dragon, which just happens to be hosting an evening of caroling on Thursday, Dec. 15 (details at the end).
Ordered a pizza to take home at La Fontana. While the pizza was being made, I headed down to the Moose, where I just missed the starving artists breakfast ... with artists William Whitmoyer and Larry Ney II behind the counter. I did find time to pick up some cool handmade bread for my wife and check out the galleries (picked up a gift already last week). After picking up the pizza, headed home, and passed Artspace along the way.
The point is, for a small town, we've got a pretty good amount of "there" here.
Caroling details: Thursday, Dec. 15, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Cloak and Dragon Bookstore (they have a fairly large performance space in back), 12 E. Main St., Bloomsburg. If you're bringing a group, RSVP to Dwayne Heisler (dwayne@remitcorp.com) so they can have enough music on hand.
— E.G. Foster
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