Monday, June 16, 2008

We went to Englewood, New Jersey, today, to see Sara's cousin Przemec and his fiancée. Przemec took us for a walk around town, to see the quaint main street with the cars parked perpendicular, the sake martini lounge, the high-end ice cream shop people come from miles around, his office where he designs steel infrastructure for condominiums, train stations and parking garages.

We rounded a corner and there was the Englewood Public Library, a beautiful, modern building on a little hill with exactly the correct number of trees. There was a marquee sign planted out front, like a church might have for Sunday's sermon. I thought to myself before I read it that I'd probably be pretty amused by what it said. So I read it. And here's what it said:

June 14 - RAGTIME CONCERT
June 21 - HOLOCAUST POETRY