Steps Foward.... But Two Back

Just as sure as the Marshall & Adams traffic circle is up and flourishing, and people actually seem to have learned how to negotiate it, Poplar Lawn now deals with a couple of negatives as well. The lesser of these is the fact that post-drug raid Tulip Alley is seeing more traffic, more day and night activity than before. The cops say they are monitoring this, so we'll see what goes down. In times past, Charlotte the Crack Whore, and the late, less-familiar Santa Claus, were annoyances, but familiar to most of us. The new crowd is younger, more thuggish, and at times particularly loud and obnoxious. Keep an eye out and keep hounding the police.
On a sad note, our neighbor Christopher Shore and wife Christine, seem destined to leave the neighborhood, now that Christopher and Sycamore Rouge have parted ways more or less. The exact circumstances remain cloudy, but I think most of us would agree that a theater like Sycamore Rouge benefits greatly from a persona strongly identified with it—an impresario, master of ceremonies as such. In this regard, Christopher excelled and it is hard to imagine the place without him. We wish him luck and hope to see him often, as we wish Beth the best of fortune in taking the reins to carry on.