Now this is just impressive. The AP Art History class at Brighton High School did projects on, among other things, the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial.
Suburban, high-achieving students writing about the injustices done to early 20th-century anarchists.
I love it.
The Pittsford Library is kind of ridiculously nice. You can’t see it, but they actually have a chandelier!
And anyone, not just Pittsford residents, can go. The best, quietest, and fastest-wifi places are also tables that are meant to be shared. This means they’re great for running into old and new friends, as I learned when I visited last Wednesday and ran into an old high school buddy of mine.
The library is also right next to a great garbage plate place. It doesn’t just do gross hot dogs – you can get chicken breast, real fish, etc. I got chicken breast, finely chopped lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and all sorts of sauces, then ate my picnic in the shade by the Erie Canal.
A wonderful day. Definitely recommended.
There’s only one place in Rochester where people of all social classes mix.
I went today with my folks. Ran into two friends I didn’t even know where in Rochester. Wine and olive tasting.
I also noticed, for the first time, this “Edible Wall”, set up by Rochester Teen Court. The premise is great: use gardening as a tool of rehabilitation. The actual product – well, there’s a whole lot of brown and not too much green there.
The public market is definitely a thing worth doing in Rochester.
In my quest to meet people in Rochester, I’ve been to two different Boulder Coffee locations. One on Park Ave, the other near the Exchange/Ford street bridge.
Boulder has some claim to indie cred. The music is eclectic, and while not indie in genre (A death metal single caused a bit of a stir), it’s clearly not Top-40 drek.
The clientele seems a split of serious “I work here this is my office” type folks (of which I was one), and late-teens to mid-twenties students.
Surprisingly, they had single source Kenyan coffee for only $1.60. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it came from a pre-made tap, and wasn’t french-pressed on the spot, as I was accustomed to during my stay in Missouri.
Furniture was a good mix of faux-antique plush and “let’s get this done” chairs, desks, and stools.
The biggest disappointment, however, was how people in both locations tended to stay isolated and impersonal. They’re not rude, there’s just a large enough space that no one really interacts with each other.
I would go there again, but I’m still on the lookout for a great place that lets me get work done AND meet cool and interesting people.