Water Works
from Notes on New York
Last summer, all the hydrants were capped, the fountains turned off, and any misuse of water was punishable by a hefty fine. It was a drought, and it turned what had been a lush and perfect spring into a dry, brown, withered summer. There were long stretches of 100° weather, and Blue Crush felt like a trip to the beach.
This summer's been different: those six months of non-stop rain filled the reservoirs, and the fountains and hydrants are spewing unchecked.
July 15, 2003
noteworthy:
- Jane
- Paintings from the last 7 or 8 years are archived on Jane's portfolio site.
- Ftrain re-vamp
- Paul Ford's already inimitable site, Ftrain.com, is now even less imitable, sitekit notwithstanding. Graph Narratives? Web Pidgin? A site designed to work better in Mozilla and Safari than in IE? Dreamy and strange.
- Walker Percy on Bourbon
- “Who is he kidding? If this joker has to knock back five shots of Bourbon every afternoon just to stand the twentieth century, he's already an alcoholic.”