Stig, you just reminded me of something I heard on the radio recently. It was in interview with the comedian Sarah Silverman and she was talking about how Dave Chappelle had a comedy club in a charming little town in Ohio. He'd fly his comedian friends in for shows on private jets and the covid protocols were world class, as far as testing and safety.
She went on and on about how great the little town was and how safe everything was during the last year. She mentioned a lot of big names that played his club..and some never wanted to leave because they found the area so appealing.
So you guys must be doing something right!
Yeah, I've been going to Yellow Springs since I was a teenager. It used to be full of hippies, bare-foot street performers, artsy shops, etc. Still pretty artsy - Still - no one is not welcome - though unkindness isn't well tolerated.
60 years ago my great aunt told me that "village is full of communists" (liberals) - in this republican state. I heard Chappelle tell one late show host that Yellow Springs in Ohio is "like an island of liberals in a Trump ocean."
Here's a shot down the main street this morning in front of the hotel.
Not long ago I'd never heard of Chappelle. I was in my coffee shop with the reg. old gang of fibbers early one sunrise...when they burst out laughing at a story the owner of the oldest pizza shop in town was telling. He was complaining that "just because Chappelle wore one of my
Ha Ha Pizza T-shirts on David Letterman's show - I think he expect discounts now!" (which I'm sure isn't true)
I went home and my kids filled me in on Chappelle.
We see him about town (and often his guest performers - though I don't know most of them) . He gets coffee at Dino's. Newspaper ran a photo of he and Letterman not long ago, sitting in front of the book store drinking Dino's coffee. Chappelle made big news when he brought Bradley Cooper to town for a 'meet & greet' for the premier of "A Star Is Born" at our village theatre. A couple of gals passed out when they found themselves standing behind Bradley in Dino's later that evening
He escaped with only a few Instagrams.
Daughter and I sat on the wall in front of the hotel one afternoon listening to a bunch of Chappelle's guest comedians cutting up on the hotel's upper front balcony. They were simply hilarious & not as ribald as I find Chappelle to be. I think he could be just as clever - but too many F-Bombs for my taste.
He certainly seems to respect the village - and they the same - by leaving him in peace. (I did ask him about his heavily modded scooter one time - and received a right clout from my daughter for being so bold)
Somewhat reminiscent of my summer (1967) in Haight/Ashbury - the village fills up with the curious on week ends.
Even my very conservative wife has learned to stop fearing the bare-foot blue-haired girls and miss-matched furniture in the coffee shops!*
Sending you a PM.
Stig
*that new hotel is anything but artsy (& was a controversial addition to town - at first.) They try to lure me for sunrrise coffee - but cannot see myself sitting on their pristine deck with my helmet on in the winter - the wealthy guests would complain to the management.
