New London's online brochure.....is a bit more ambitioius than the town is......this historic city on the Sound....is trying hard to be the hip and cool destination. It's not quite there yet....many of the art galleries listed in the brochure...either went out of business or haven't made it there yet.....and one sign ...for an architectural salvage store said it all..."Coming Soon....(hopefully).
The waterfront is the perfect for becoming one of those "cool" places...old funky brick buildings....water views....the right feel for an artsy spot....but its only about 30% there.....on one street the only store open was a Salvation Army thirft store...which I dragged my reluctant hub into......they had a beautiful gold-rimmed desert/sorbet glass in the window....just one....and for 45 cents....I couldn't leave it behind......I transfered my sea glass into this smaller elegant dish...and it's a small work of art.
Someone had globbed a huge liquidy stream of styrofoam over one building....so it looked like the building "boiled over". It was interesting but just so so....as we walked by....an overly orange tanned....with a perfect white shirt and white teeth....stuck a microphone in my face and asked....."how I liked the art work".....a cameraman...quickly stepped in front of me....I think I said something bland....like "its interesting"....(and truly that's about all you could say about it since it didn't evoke much)......then he asked where I was from.....when I mentioned my town in the south....he asked and "what kind of art do you have there?????"
Ahhh....he was hoping it would be one of those "southern stupid Jeff Foxworthy answers".....and for a second....I actually thought of giving him what he wanted.....saying something like ....."Golly shucks....we're into exhibiting corn cobs and possum tales on sticks...that's what we consider art....".....but instead I looked him in the eyes ( which probably had a few drops of visine in them so they would be perfectly white) and told him we have everything from Chihully glass sculptures to beautiful native wood turned vases.
Damned Yankee (and I can say that cause I am one.)
He asked me something else...and I said ...."Well it does look like the building could use an Alka-Seltzer..." and oh that was funny.....and I went along my way. Since we can't get Conniticut channels here....I don't know if I made it or not onto the early evening news......but if you thought you saw me .....on TV yesterday.....it probably was me....LOL>>>>
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