Summer in the Neighborhood

We ended up having a nice dinner last week at Fat Cats in Tremont, but the start of last Saturday night was a bit more surreal as we rode our bikes down into Clark-Fulton and went to the 93rd St. Rocco's Fest. It was pretty chaotic on the streets with too many cars both moving and parked. Inside the fest, it was carny-city with rides and typical carnival games, and many people looking like they needed to shower sooner rather than later. I think we spent maybe 12 minutes at this kids and Nascar-fan event and then rode east on Clark to Tremont.

In Tremont we wound our way to College St. and walked up to the Polish Fest. It couldn't have been more opposite of the St. Rocco carnival tone. It was so quiet at the Polish Fest we seriously were not sure where to enter. We walked behind some rather old people in beige slacks and then up to the beautiful church. The inside of the church was truly stunning, and this comes from a heathen in gym shoes. Quite an amazing structure. We walked out of the cathedral and stood in a line winding out of the door of the hall where the food was being served. A wrinkled lady with falsely red hair and a bingo-loving look in her eye told us that Sokoloswski's was serving a wide range of dinners for $9.00. We looked at each other and decided we just weren't in the mood for a family style meal with people we didn't know and so we left that silent fest and rode down to street to Fat Cats where we had a fine meal highlighted by sweetbreads and halibut.

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We got a first coat of paint, finally, on the front porch floor and it looks great. A second coat will make it stupendous.

The neighborhood has seen increased police presence at the library park, which is welcome. I have no problem with homeless people being there, but belligerent drunks can find somewhere else to hang out and hassle people.

Summer is hanging on with weather around 90. I am ready for fall, although an informal poll tells me that I am one of the only people with such an opinion in Cleveland. I guess I can deal with continuing summer if it helps the Indians to keep winning, right on through the playoffs.