today was the big tour of the historic core shepherded by shannon, and it delivered on all the promised reasons to go. even the story about the parking lot. i have a bunch more pictures, and i’ll upload them to my flickr photos after i sort through them and clean up the good ones.
after the tour, albert, lisa and i went to clifton’s cafeteria, which i think is a required stop for anyone who hasn’t yet been there. and though i still think it is overpriced, the turkey was quite good.
woo hoo! we're famous!
as for Clifton's Cafeteria: it took a while to hit me just how special it is. one could perhaps replace the definition of "surreal" in the dictionary with a Saturday afternoon walk down Broadway followed by lunch in Cliftons. nice choice, Jim. i never knew about that place. i can only wonder how many other "Clifton moments" lurk Downtown ...