100+ schools closed because of high winds. Surely the Skyway must have been closed, right? Nope. Sorry, folks.
To be fair, it was closed for about an hour earlier in the week in one direction only because of a fender bender. That’s the first time this winter.
The Marine Star (Aquarama) got it’s first coat of paint in who knows how long. Someone was kind enough to cover up the grafitti that marred it earlier this year. The cool thing is they even managed to match the paint colors pretty well!
Back in December, I had the opportunity to travel to San Antonio, TX for work. While there I made it a point to see not only the Alamo and the Riverwalk, but an excellent example of adaptive reuse. Quarry Market is a beautiful new shopping center built on the former site of the Alamo Cement…
BuffaloGeek has asked us to take a picture of what we see out our windows, as a glimpse into our daily lives. I’ll submit a shot Amanda took today, literally out the window. It’s our first dinner on our new patio.
Thesis: “In his new book, political analyst Ron Brownstein calls this a crisis of ‘hyperpartisanship,’ a crisis which has ‘unnecessarily inflamed our differences and impeded progress against our most pressing challenges.’ Nothing reflects the result of hyperpartisanship more than the current immigration debate…” Supporting arguments: “Here in our nation’s capital, I wanted to talk briefly…
I am happy to say that I was one of those schools closed. Seeing that Monday we have a staff day at school, therefore no holiday for us, it was nice to actually catch up on some work in the house! Kudos to God for the high winds and cold weather! 😉
Ripping down the Skyway is something I want to see happen. It’s a joke, an eyesore and costs millions of dollars to paint and maintain every year.
You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. But I’d love to see a comparative cost study on the maintenance/staffing costs of multiple lift bridges vs. the once-per-decade painting of the Skyway.