Let's explain something here. Only two people are going to each sporting event that's on our schedule. The other will be dispatched to not do anything sports-related while the others are watching whatever it is they're watching.
I now know by experience that Little Rock on Easter is like that La Quinta Inn you always pass on the way to work: vacant. The only open buildings were fast food restaurants and sports bars. Even the River Market (see also Inner Harbor, Riverwalk and Navy Pier) was closed.
Thus, I assume that the people in need of external sustenance on this holiest of days (debatable) are simply the poor and the sports fan. The Venn diagram for these groups (figure not displayed) will show some overlap.
This got me thinking about welfare reform. And there's no better place to learn about such a thing in Little Rock than at the Clinton Presidential Library. Assign the compliment wherever you'd like.
Oddly shaped building, eh? Here's curator Cindy ReyesI swoon at the thought of Commanders in Chief, too.
Mr. Clinton had his boxcar--er, museum--built on a former warehouse district that was rather unsavory, evidently. His library has helped invigorate a small thoroughfare named.....President Clinton Avenue. How selfless.
In trying to avoid sports, I failed almost immediately. I told one of the guides, a kindly gray-haired women named Joy, that I live in North Carolina. Her response: "We're playing you today." She is a point guard for the Razorbacks and I am a small forward for the Tar Heels, clearly.
The library had a small exhibit inside of it detailing each American president until 1965 and how he helped or hindered the African-American cause. It was superb but, sadly, not well-attended.
Items you can impress your friends with:
-Bill met Hillary in the Yale law library. She said to him as she approached, "You've been staring at me for this long. We should at least know each others' names." If that doesn't make you tingly......
-Bill was the youngest ex-governor in the history of the United States.
-The bowling ball was invented in 1862.
-North Little Rock wanted the library, but Little Rock was granted the structure. This is a point of frustration for some North Little Rockers.
That is all. Other than this picture of Socks the cat playing the saxophone.
Memphis tomorrow.
-Benetti
2 comments:
Why does Socks look so damn sad? He's playing the sax for god sakes!
How do you/did you decide on who would get the non-sport experience for each given city/event?
Also,LBK, just wanted to let you know that instead of looking fly and rolling phat, my legs are sticking to the vinyl and my posse's getting laughed at...
No need to thank me now, David and Benetti! :)
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