The only thing I dislike about spring is that many of the acts of natures great color show end too soon. A week or sometimes just days can dramatically change the scene from brilliant color to something greenish.
Catching the really big shows like the cherry blossoms
in the Tidal Basin
is often a matter of luck and timing.
Columbia
looks good. There are flowering trees all over the town and some like the
bradford pear have already done their spring thing. Others like the
kwanzan cherry
are just getting amped up.
Life is returning to the lakefront too. Earlier today I
walked by
Clyde’s.
The new façade is up and new employees are being trained. Paul Kraft, the
general manager, told me that they hope to reopen by next Monday. He let me peek in the
door and, from what
little I could see, I was impressed. New ceiling, new lighting, new back bar, new carpet,
you get the picture. It’s familiar yet different. “That’s what $5 million will
get you,” he quipped.
I understand it also paid for a kicking new kitchen and
bathrooms.
There will be announcement soon about who will takeover the
former Red Pearl space. I've sworn not to reveal
what I know even though it’s
killing me. I’ll just say that I’m excited.
You can find more pictures
here that I snapped around town while goofing off a little this afternoon.
