Summer has come late to Ithaca this year, after unseasonable chill through June, July, and most of August.
At the same time, the students are back, which translates to Fall on the academic calendar which runs town.
It is disconcerting, so you are not to blame if your personal calendar is agog, and you are caught unawares by the new populace. It is not a good time to shop for shower curtains, nor for quick trips to Wegman's.
But now that the freshman families are gone, and the weather is nice, it is a fine time for outside dining, both in and around town.
In town, Aurora Street has become an al fresco restuarant row, with wider sidewalks for a scheme of outside tables. Just A Taste also has a nice dining area in back, that reminds us a bit of Greenwich Village places, that do a lot with small square footage.
Many eateries on the Commons also commandeer outside space. There is a new campaign for using past public space for private seating, which we think is fine. There's still lots of public space left. That Burrito Place is one spot with tables and chairs in the middle of the mall, set off by rope, which seems a little upscale for burritos, but not These Burritos, we guess.
We had the pleasure of spending some stay-cation time this month at Sheldrake Point, where Simply Red's Bistro has not outdoor dining, strictly speaking, but a widely-windowed dining room with wistful vistas.
There are also a couple of unpretentious joints in Sheldrake, O'Malley's and Kidders, where the food is not regal, but neither are the prices, and the drinks are good, and the dining decks are almost as restorative as the meals, mere yards from the lake. It is a short and pleasant drive to Sheldrake, about 25 minutes from town up Route 89.
We hope the late arrival of summer will also mean a late staying time, but as things in life are generally 6 to 5 against, as Damon Runyon said, we say, get outside now. Maybe we'll see you in the alley outside Felicia's tonight.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Sheldrake Point Voted NY Winery of Year
Our local Sheldrake Point Winery was named winery of the year this week in the New York Wine and Food Classic competition.
Wine and Spirits magazine has named Sheldrake among the top 100 wineries in the U.S., and one of the 12 best U.S. value brands.
We happened to stop by the winery yesterday, up the road from a friend's vacation rental. The winery has a beautiful lakeside location, and is accessible by boat. Their restaurant, Simply Red's Bistro, is the most popular vineyard eatery in the region.
Their parking lot is the fullest, with the most out-of-state plates.
The hamlet of Sheldrake is the hippest, as the home of the late Rod Serling, creator of the Twilight Zone. Sheldrake has a distinct Twilight Zone feel, of both being there and not being there.
Congratulations to the good people of Sheldrake Point winery, and thanks for creating such a special place for good food and drink.
Sheldrake Point Winery is on County Road 153 off Route 89 in Ovid. At the signpost up ahead.
submitted for your approval -
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Wine and Spirits magazine has named Sheldrake among the top 100 wineries in the U.S., and one of the 12 best U.S. value brands.
We happened to stop by the winery yesterday, up the road from a friend's vacation rental. The winery has a beautiful lakeside location, and is accessible by boat. Their restaurant, Simply Red's Bistro, is the most popular vineyard eatery in the region.
Their parking lot is the fullest, with the most out-of-state plates.
The hamlet of Sheldrake is the hippest, as the home of the late Rod Serling, creator of the Twilight Zone. Sheldrake has a distinct Twilight Zone feel, of both being there and not being there.
Congratulations to the good people of Sheldrake Point winery, and thanks for creating such a special place for good food and drink.
Sheldrake Point Winery is on County Road 153 off Route 89 in Ovid. At the signpost up ahead.
submitted for your approval -
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Friday, August 14, 2009
Poems On A Blog?
Poetry on an Ithaca blog is near-fetched, in our opinion (in George Carlin's phrase). It is a college town, after all, and college people write a lot of poetry. Mostly enrolled ones rather than alumni, no doubt, but let's change that.
When we were enrolled, we studied with Archie Ammons and Albert Goldbarth, two of the best. Studied is probably too strong a word; we wrote, and had fun.
Recently here we posted a piece about our friend John, "The Most Self-Sufficient Guy in the World." Last night we got up from bed mid-night and wrote the story as a poem. It follows, here.
#
Mettle
A book
one of us had read, about
the bare one hundred things
one needs to live.
- Way too many, said John,
and we all agreed;
so it became a game to see
how many we would count.
Indoor plumbing, permanent press,
said two. My answer
(sure winner for spareness, I thought):
- A source of water, and seeds.
But I never got to say, as John
stopped it with his sum:
- A piece of metal, and
something to sharpen it with.
My answer, from someone who only
spells (like these words, here).
John's, from someone
who casts them.
John, who never
surprises, but amazes,
who always
does so much, requires so little,
gives so much, takes only
what he needs -
Love, I reckon
and all of us
to sharpen it with.
#
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
and J.C.
When we were enrolled, we studied with Archie Ammons and Albert Goldbarth, two of the best. Studied is probably too strong a word; we wrote, and had fun.
Recently here we posted a piece about our friend John, "The Most Self-Sufficient Guy in the World." Last night we got up from bed mid-night and wrote the story as a poem. It follows, here.
#
Mettle
A book
one of us had read, about
the bare one hundred things
one needs to live.
- Way too many, said John,
and we all agreed;
so it became a game to see
how many we would count.
Indoor plumbing, permanent press,
said two. My answer
(sure winner for spareness, I thought):
- A source of water, and seeds.
But I never got to say, as John
stopped it with his sum:
- A piece of metal, and
something to sharpen it with.
My answer, from someone who only
spells (like these words, here).
John's, from someone
who casts them.
John, who never
surprises, but amazes,
who always
does so much, requires so little,
gives so much, takes only
what he needs -
Love, I reckon
and all of us
to sharpen it with.
#
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
and J.C.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Live Old-Time Music, and Newly Located Music Store, on Commons Tonight
As part of the summer live music series on the Commons, tonight at 6 pm the Evil City String Band will perform, with Richie Stearns, Pat Burke, and others.
Pat Burke's brother Steve (yours as ever) will be about a hundred paces away at the new location of his shop, Small World Music, which has moved to Autumn Leaves Used Books, in the basement.
Come see us both.
You can read all about the Small World Music move in this week's Ithaca Times, in an excellent article by Natasha Pickowicz.
Steve Burke
for Small World Music and Ithaca NY Blog
Pat Burke's brother Steve (yours as ever) will be about a hundred paces away at the new location of his shop, Small World Music, which has moved to Autumn Leaves Used Books, in the basement.
Come see us both.
You can read all about the Small World Music move in this week's Ithaca Times, in an excellent article by Natasha Pickowicz.
Steve Burke
for Small World Music and Ithaca NY Blog
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Sidewalk Sale Days Downtown, Aug. 1 - 2
It is good weather today for the sidewalk sale extravaganza downtown this weekend.
Have a look by Autumn Leaves Books and witness the start of our (Small World Music's) relocation there from our old home up West State Street.
Let us know if you need any free tables, chairs, or miscellany that accompanies moves!
Steve Burke
for Small World Music and Ithaca NY Blog
Have a look by Autumn Leaves Books and witness the start of our (Small World Music's) relocation there from our old home up West State Street.
Let us know if you need any free tables, chairs, or miscellany that accompanies moves!
Steve Burke
for Small World Music and Ithaca NY Blog
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The Most Self-Sufficient Guy in the World
Have you heard of this new non-fiction book listing the bare 100 items one needs in order to live?
100 seems like a lot to me. I do generally think of myself as a guy who doesn't need much. Not so much out of virtue, but because I don't know how to do much. The most useful thing I learned in school was spelling. I realize other people learned a lot from computer science, engineering, physics, etc., but not me.
Some friends of mine were discussing this book and decided to get it down to the real minimum, a challenge I relished. My answer - a source of water, and seeds - was definitive, I thought.
I never gave this answer, though, as the contest was stopped almost immediately by my great friend John, who knows how to do a lot, but requires little.
His answer was, "a piece of metal and something to sharpen it with."
If you have a worthier answer, please let me know. We'll print it here, and give John something to consider about paring down.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
100 seems like a lot to me. I do generally think of myself as a guy who doesn't need much. Not so much out of virtue, but because I don't know how to do much. The most useful thing I learned in school was spelling. I realize other people learned a lot from computer science, engineering, physics, etc., but not me.
Some friends of mine were discussing this book and decided to get it down to the real minimum, a challenge I relished. My answer - a source of water, and seeds - was definitive, I thought.
I never gave this answer, though, as the contest was stopped almost immediately by my great friend John, who knows how to do a lot, but requires little.
His answer was, "a piece of metal and something to sharpen it with."
If you have a worthier answer, please let me know. We'll print it here, and give John something to consider about paring down.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
"Food, Inc." at Cinemapolis
How can it be that a fast food hamburger costs less than a head of lettuce? That the poorest people in the U.S. are the most obese? That the local supermarket sells apples from New Zealand but not local farms?
It all has to do with a food industry that puts profit ahead of health, as documented in the new film, "Food, Inc."
In the style of Michael Moore's films about the auto, gun, and health industries, "Food Inc." points fingers - not just at industry irresponsibility, but at tax-supported public policies supporting it.
In the style of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," it provides potential remedies.
"Food, Inc." is showing at the new Cinemapolis theater.
GreenStar Co-op is a sponsor of the screening, and gives a 10%-off coupon for its stores to everyone attending.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
It all has to do with a food industry that puts profit ahead of health, as documented in the new film, "Food, Inc."
In the style of Michael Moore's films about the auto, gun, and health industries, "Food Inc." points fingers - not just at industry irresponsibility, but at tax-supported public policies supporting it.
In the style of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," it provides potential remedies.
"Food, Inc." is showing at the new Cinemapolis theater.
GreenStar Co-op is a sponsor of the screening, and gives a 10%-off coupon for its stores to everyone attending.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Plenty of Music, July 23 - 26
The music hasn't stopped with GrassRoots. In fact, it's almost like the genie's out of bottle now for swingink summertime.
Thursday 7/23:
Radio London, free on the Commons, 6 pm.
The Small Kings at the Pourhouse in T-burg, 7 pm.
Wingnut, at Castaways. Keir Neuringer opens. 8 pm.
* * *
Fri. 7/24:
Hee Haw Nightmare plays happy hour at Felicia's, 5:30.
Kelly Birtch at the Scalehouse Brew Pub, 23 Cinema Dr., 7 pm.
Makepeace Brothers at Castaways. Keir Neuringer opens. 9 pm.
Urban Horse Thieves at the Lost Dog Lounge, 9 pm.
* * *
Sat. 7/25:
El Caminos and Purple Valley in a benefit for Hospicare, at the Haunt, 5 pm.
Talk Normal and Wingnut with Hank Roberts, Chapter House, 10 pm.
* * *
Sun. 7/26:
Mother Mallard celebrates their 40th birthday with a free performance at the Johnson Museum, 2 pm..
Thursday 7/23:
Radio London, free on the Commons, 6 pm.
The Small Kings at the Pourhouse in T-burg, 7 pm.
Wingnut, at Castaways. Keir Neuringer opens. 8 pm.
* * *
Fri. 7/24:
Hee Haw Nightmare plays happy hour at Felicia's, 5:30.
Kelly Birtch at the Scalehouse Brew Pub, 23 Cinema Dr., 7 pm.
Makepeace Brothers at Castaways. Keir Neuringer opens. 9 pm.
Urban Horse Thieves at the Lost Dog Lounge, 9 pm.
* * *
Sat. 7/25:
El Caminos and Purple Valley in a benefit for Hospicare, at the Haunt, 5 pm.
Talk Normal and Wingnut with Hank Roberts, Chapter House, 10 pm.
* * *
Sun. 7/26:
Mother Mallard celebrates their 40th birthday with a free performance at the Johnson Museum, 2 pm..
Real Life
Not the cars in commute
Not the keyboards and screens
Not the apps and the files
Not the Running Machines
But the birdsong at dawn
And the arc of the light
And the sweet evening kiss
And the dark sacred night.
- turn off, tune out, drop in -
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Not the keyboards and screens
Not the apps and the files
Not the Running Machines
But the birdsong at dawn
And the arc of the light
And the sweet evening kiss
And the dark sacred night.
- turn off, tune out, drop in -
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Small World Music Is Moving (and having a sale)
Small World Music is moving - from 614 W. State St., to the basement of Autumn Leaves Books, on the Commons.
SWM will be in partnership there with Angry Mom Records, the new music franchisee at Autumn Leaves.
Angry Mom Records is upgrading the record department in Autumn Leaves, with 50,000 titles and new, high standards of curation and customer service.
SWM will join Angry Mom to sell new and used CDs of the most popular as well as hard-to-find varieties, as we have always done.
The move will be complete by the end of July.
Meanwhile, Small World Music is having a moving sale: 20% off everything.
Just mention this post for the sale price.
We hope to see you before we go - and after!
Steve Burke
for Small World Music and Ithaca NY Blog
SWM will be in partnership there with Angry Mom Records, the new music franchisee at Autumn Leaves.
Angry Mom Records is upgrading the record department in Autumn Leaves, with 50,000 titles and new, high standards of curation and customer service.
SWM will join Angry Mom to sell new and used CDs of the most popular as well as hard-to-find varieties, as we have always done.
The move will be complete by the end of July.
Meanwhile, Small World Music is having a moving sale: 20% off everything.
Just mention this post for the sale price.
We hope to see you before we go - and after!
Steve Burke
for Small World Music and Ithaca NY Blog
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Small World Music Shuts (Mostly) For GrassRoots Weekend
Small World Music (home of Ithaca Blog) will keep only sporadic hours during GrassRoots Festival. Real sporadic, as in we don't know which. Probably it will be for the first few hours of each day - 11 a.m. til 2 p.m., or so.
We know from past years we will see a few visitors to town, here for the festival, but also wanting to see local landmarks, as it were.
Give us a call at 256-0428 if you need directions or details.
have fun -
Steve Burke
for SWM and Ithaca NY Blog
We know from past years we will see a few visitors to town, here for the festival, but also wanting to see local landmarks, as it were.
Give us a call at 256-0428 if you need directions or details.
have fun -
Steve Burke
for SWM and Ithaca NY Blog
Monday, July 13, 2009
Advance GrassRoots Tickets Still Available at Small World Music
Advance 4-day tickets for GrassRoots are still available at Small World Music on Tuesday 14 July, until whatever time GrassRoots comes to pick them up, which might be some time on Tuesday, or might be Wednesday.
Call Small World Music for details and odds at 607/256-0428.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Call Small World Music for details and odds at 607/256-0428.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
No Confusion About McNamara
There seems to be a lot of unwarranted confusion about the legacy of Robert McNamara, secretary of defense during the Vietnam war, who passed away this week at 93.
How could one among the so-called Best and Brightest, an elite of the meritocracy, have contrived such a misguided, murderous morass? McNamara perpetuated the undertaking long after he recognized -privately - that it was indefensible, and probably illegal.
The reason is simple. He hoped against hope to win -or, more accurately, annihilate his opposition - to avoid prosecution and punishment.
He came close to saying so in his emotional, public appraisals of Vietnam in the last decade of his life. He said he had realized since World War II, when he helped orchestrate the bombings of Japanese civilians, that often the only difference between a crime and a strategy in war was winning. The winners don't face charges.
So there is the simple answer for the years and years of violence in Vietnam, beyond mercy or sanity. McNamara feared for himself and the people he worked for. "Peace with honor" really meant violence until the victims were so broken they could not respond even with calls for accountability. They would consent to simply being left alone.
McNamara is dead and there is no joy in that. As the saying goes, when God puts his hand on a man, we should remove ours. Still, we have a responsibility to know the truth, and learn from mistakes and sins.
Stephen Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
How could one among the so-called Best and Brightest, an elite of the meritocracy, have contrived such a misguided, murderous morass? McNamara perpetuated the undertaking long after he recognized -privately - that it was indefensible, and probably illegal.
The reason is simple. He hoped against hope to win -or, more accurately, annihilate his opposition - to avoid prosecution and punishment.
He came close to saying so in his emotional, public appraisals of Vietnam in the last decade of his life. He said he had realized since World War II, when he helped orchestrate the bombings of Japanese civilians, that often the only difference between a crime and a strategy in war was winning. The winners don't face charges.
So there is the simple answer for the years and years of violence in Vietnam, beyond mercy or sanity. McNamara feared for himself and the people he worked for. "Peace with honor" really meant violence until the victims were so broken they could not respond even with calls for accountability. They would consent to simply being left alone.
McNamara is dead and there is no joy in that. As the saying goes, when God puts his hand on a man, we should remove ours. Still, we have a responsibility to know the truth, and learn from mistakes and sins.
Stephen Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
ABC Cafe Stuff For Sale
Ken Hallett of the ABC Cafe is selling objects from the cafe - from the functional to the collectible. (Among the collectible, a handmade flier - by the performer's own hand? - for a 1992 Ani Difranco show at the cafe ("308 Stuart Avenue"), and the cafe's neon sign).
Call Ken for information: 793-3560.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Call Ken for information: 793-3560.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Friday, July 03, 2009
Visual Arts in Ithaca On Display: "First Friday Gallery Night" Tonight
The visual arts are on display tonight in Ithaca, with another monthly installment in the First Friday Gallery Night series.
Ten downtown galleries, all within easy walking distance of one another, sponsor an "artwalk" of receptions and new exhibits.
The event is from 5 - 8 pm. Information available at http://www.gallerynightithaca.com/.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Ten downtown galleries, all within easy walking distance of one another, sponsor an "artwalk" of receptions and new exhibits.
The event is from 5 - 8 pm. Information available at http://www.gallerynightithaca.com/.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Ithaca Fireworks Are On, As Of 6 PM
We just heard the "boom" set off at the top of every hour if the fireworks show is still in the works.
Of course, things could change by 9:30. But soon the buses will be running (see previous post for details on getting to the show). And they'll be there to get you back, no matter what transpires.
See you there -
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Of course, things could change by 9:30. But soon the buses will be running (see previous post for details on getting to the show). And they'll be there to get you back, no matter what transpires.
See you there -
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Fireworks, If Weather Works, Thursday 2 July
The forecast is forbidding for the Independence Day fireworks display scheduled for Thursday night in Ithaca.
We don't know the actual chance of rain - we only know it feels like 100%, lately, any given day.
TCAT provides bus service to the show at Ithaca College from the Seneca Street parking structure. Service starts at 6:30, with a bus every 15 minutes. Return service starts immediately after the show and continues until 11:30.
TCAT is definitely the quickest way to and from campus, with priority lanes for bus entrance and exit.
The service is free, though donations for the show are encouraged.
The rain date is Monday the 6th.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
We don't know the actual chance of rain - we only know it feels like 100%, lately, any given day.
TCAT provides bus service to the show at Ithaca College from the Seneca Street parking structure. Service starts at 6:30, with a bus every 15 minutes. Return service starts immediately after the show and continues until 11:30.
TCAT is definitely the quickest way to and from campus, with priority lanes for bus entrance and exit.
The service is free, though donations for the show are encouraged.
The rain date is Monday the 6th.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Monday, June 29, 2009
Could Bernie Madoff Not Cheat An Honest Man?
In wondering where Bernie Madoff got the chutzpah to swindle $65 billion from friends and associates, he must have thought they had it coming.
"You can't cheat an honest man," the saying goes. Did any of these people not occasionally suspect they were part of a swindle? Mr. Madoff never gave any information about any investments their profits were coming from, since there were no investments, except investments into his personal lifestyle.
Apparently the swindle is alright with everyone as long as it pays. Someone was getting cheated, but everyone figured it was someone else, which is fair, it seems, in such circles.
We know a lot of hard-working and honest people got caught up in this. We're not saying anyone deserved it, even those who perhaps reckoned it out. We're just speculating, you should pardon the expression, on Madoff's mentality.
The one thing we can't figure out at all is why Mr. Madoff never thought, hey, I could get in a lot of trouble for this.
Maybe it's like smoking. You figure it's going to kill you. But you also figure this particular cigarette is not going to kill you. So, strike a match. Maybe Madoff got ensnared that way: it hasn't hurt me so far. When it starts to, I'll deal with it.
He must have been charming, because he doesn't seem smart. He hired for his defense a lawyer whose parents once invested money with him. He gets a sentence of 150 years. I could have gotten him that. Maybe this particular lawyer, for some reason, wasn't trying too hard.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
"You can't cheat an honest man," the saying goes. Did any of these people not occasionally suspect they were part of a swindle? Mr. Madoff never gave any information about any investments their profits were coming from, since there were no investments, except investments into his personal lifestyle.
Apparently the swindle is alright with everyone as long as it pays. Someone was getting cheated, but everyone figured it was someone else, which is fair, it seems, in such circles.
We know a lot of hard-working and honest people got caught up in this. We're not saying anyone deserved it, even those who perhaps reckoned it out. We're just speculating, you should pardon the expression, on Madoff's mentality.
The one thing we can't figure out at all is why Mr. Madoff never thought, hey, I could get in a lot of trouble for this.
Maybe it's like smoking. You figure it's going to kill you. But you also figure this particular cigarette is not going to kill you. So, strike a match. Maybe Madoff got ensnared that way: it hasn't hurt me so far. When it starts to, I'll deal with it.
He must have been charming, because he doesn't seem smart. He hired for his defense a lawyer whose parents once invested money with him. He gets a sentence of 150 years. I could have gotten him that. Maybe this particular lawyer, for some reason, wasn't trying too hard.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Ithaca Music, June 25 - 28
Thurs. 6/25: It's raining sweet peas and horseshit, as Grandma used to say, which probably puts the kibosh on tonight's free music on the Commons by Jimkata, scheduled for 6 pm. But it should clear up in time for Steve Selin and the Creek Dippers, 7:30 at Six Mile Creek Vineyard; and a 10 pm triple-bill at Castaways, of Driftwood, Hee Haw Nightmare, and Nate & Kate.
* * *
Fri. 6/26: Free music on Cornell's Arts Quad by Sim Redmond Band, 7:30 pm.
Modern rock - not the WVBR kind, but the Brooklyn/Baltimore sort - with Magic Markers, Mouthus, and American Sphinx, at the Lost Dog, 9 pm.
* * *
Sat. 6/27: Boy With A Fish and Mary Lorson at Castaways, 10 pm.
* * *
Sun. 6/28: a winery gig by Urban Horse Thieves, at Americana Vineyards, 4 pm.
Dee Specker and Tres Swing at Maxie's, 6 pm.
Johnny Dowd Project at Felicia's, 7 pm.
have fun -
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
* * *
Fri. 6/26: Free music on Cornell's Arts Quad by Sim Redmond Band, 7:30 pm.
Modern rock - not the WVBR kind, but the Brooklyn/Baltimore sort - with Magic Markers, Mouthus, and American Sphinx, at the Lost Dog, 9 pm.
* * *
Sat. 6/27: Boy With A Fish and Mary Lorson at Castaways, 10 pm.
* * *
Sun. 6/28: a winery gig by Urban Horse Thieves, at Americana Vineyards, 4 pm.
Dee Specker and Tres Swing at Maxie's, 6 pm.
Johnny Dowd Project at Felicia's, 7 pm.
have fun -
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
TCAT To Accept Ithaca Hours
After a meeting last month with the Ithaca Hours Board, TCAT has announced the county's bus system will start accepting Hours for fares.
Details are still unformed. Most likely, Hours will at first be accepted as partial payment for passes, rather than in the fare box.
Time magazine is researching an article on community currencies across the country, and suggests that this is the first collaboration between a community currency and a government entity.
The Time article is scheduled for publication this month.
Developing details about Hours and TCAT will be posted on www.ithacahours.org.
Stephen Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Details are still unformed. Most likely, Hours will at first be accepted as partial payment for passes, rather than in the fare box.
Time magazine is researching an article on community currencies across the country, and suggests that this is the first collaboration between a community currency and a government entity.
The Time article is scheduled for publication this month.
Developing details about Hours and TCAT will be posted on www.ithacahours.org.
Stephen Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
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