Gerryrosser's Blog

The Blue Door

gerryrosser — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:02:50 +0000

Just caught my eye for some reason.

PORK!

gerryrosser — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:30:07 +0000

I saw this sign on my way home from the dentist. I find it reassuring that I can get a whole pig from Publix any time of year. Well, actually, I just found the sign odd, never having seen a supermarket with such a sign. Moreover, I wonder who their target demographic is for these whole hogs. I live in what for many decades was (is?) a Florida Cracker county. Now, it’s pretty much an Orlando exurb, or bedroom community. The supermarket in question is smack dab in the middle of one of the highest earned-income demographic areas in Florida (note I didn’t mention unearned income, I think Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and Naples might win in that category). Do the nouveau-riche (well, nouveau-prosperous) buy a lot of whole hogs? Have I missed a trend by not reading “Bon Apetit?”

And, sadly, no, I don’t have anything better to write about at the moment

Who Says It Ain’t Art?

gerryrosser — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:22:26 +0000

A bit of commercial “art” at a beachfront joint in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. A sculpture in front of a mural on the side of the store, which offers ice cream, tee shirts, beach towels, souveniers of almost limitless variety, suncreens, henna tattoos, hermit crabs, boogie boards, and I don’t know what all. Rentals of little vehicles is also available. I admit to a fascination with Marketing Art.

Santas!

gerryrosser — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:05:09 +0000

Dress rehearsal.

Have a Cigar and a Coke!

gerryrosser — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:33:43 +0000

Ah Parade

gerryrosser — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:06:12 +0000

Foreign Travel Made Easy

gerryrosser — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:18:37 +0000

Epcot Japan. I think this is called a Torii gate.

Morocco

gerryrosser — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:32:46 +0000

Well, as Morocco as I can get in Orlando (Disney Epcot).

Empty

gerryrosser — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:02:27 +0000

The owner coverted this old house in Mt. Dora, Florida, into a store, has never gotten it rented.

Crossroads

gerryrosser — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:22:37 +0000

I’ve long had a place in my music library for the live Cream version of the Robert Johnson song “Crossroads.” I had heard this Turtle Island String Quartet version long ago, but didn’t know it was available on YouTube (alas, without live video that I know about).