So two days ago I went walking with Meridith McNeal. Quick blurb on Meridith (who may quite possibly be one of the most down to earth high spirited persons I know.) She and Mike Bliss, my brother’s dad, live in Brooklyn, New York, where I have been ‘preparing’ for my South Africa trip for the last five days. Meridith likes to walk, is an artist who runs a gallery and works with a non-profit called RUSH. She is very colorful in nature and as I see it, an ideal Portlander. She is also a pro at hula hooping, which by the way Portland people reading this blog, is something we should try and give rise to in Portland. Hula hooping and jump rope. Meridith is at its simplest a really cool and very individual lady.
So went walking with Meridith from their house in Brooklyn to an area called Red Hook where I have only been once before… which is also a place that many might relate to Portland. Here is what we saw on our meander through Brooklyn:
We walked pass this building and I can remember thinking while looking across the street that I had never wondered where one might acquire a casket. I suppose it is not one of those things people get excited about buying. But what inspired this inquiry was ‘South Brooklyn Casket Co.’ A title such as this relinquishes the notion that caskets are a very common and much needed commodity. I found this to be a cleaver title due to the business owner’s choice of Casket over Coffin. It prevents a walker by to jump to conclusions. Perhaps these caskets are made to hold the sweatiest of candies or the softest of pillows or the sharpest of knives? There are tones of things a casket could be used for, other than of course, holding bodies. Right? Well Meridith immediately informed me that it was a mob front. So any hope I had of giant boxes being filled with the highest quality falafel were shattered. Just as she told me this, a long box came walking out the front door undoubtedly labeled with the letters C.A.N.D.Y. I had now idea who to believe. Did these letters mean that the most delicious delicatessens lay within this chest or did they stand for something different, much different? Corps’s And Narcotics Delivered to Youth? I may never know.
Here is a shot out to all the homies in P-town. Welcome to the Indi Market. It’s where the cool kids go. I actuly think that it has absolutely nothing to do with Indi Kids, but I got a chuckle out of it.
Well off to Cape Town South Africa where my adventures begin. (this is a dated comment)
Simey
