tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post5454883149235884803..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Guest Blogger Lisa Alber: Memory is a Slippery Mistress--Thoughts About IrelandOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-16296433977219147472017-06-30T06:15:13.095-04:002017-06-30T06:15:13.095-04:00I should read this series, set in Ireland.
Being a...I should read this series, set in Ireland.<br />Being as how I spent the first six years of my life in the West Village in NYC, I see that it hasn't changed that much. Perhaps more stores and a few tenements on my block were renovated. But it still looks the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-55000781249554734102017-06-27T15:08:34.494-04:002017-06-27T15:08:34.494-04:00It WAS a great place to grow up. But, oh lordy, h...It WAS a great place to grow up. But, oh lordy, has it changed since the late 50s, early 60s. But then, haven't we all...? It's still like driving back into a fun-house full of warped mirrors, every time we go there. Familiar, and yet VERY different, like you're in a dream and a place you know has been blended with a half-dozen unrelated places you've been.Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-69955064112305145582017-06-27T13:16:28.768-04:002017-06-27T13:16:28.768-04:00Silverton! I totally get what you mean about the c...Silverton! I totally get what you mean about the changes there. The last time I visited, I was surprised. I still love Silverton, though -- must have been a great place to grow up!Lisa Alberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591430453957883948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-87636647761006433342017-06-27T11:06:31.627-04:002017-06-27T11:06:31.627-04:00Portland? Small world. My home town is Silverton...Portland? Small world. My home town is Silverton, just NE of Salem, we live in Albany, and one of our kids lives in Portland and the other in Tigard. Always great to 'see' someone who lives nearby instead of NY, LA, or Mykonos... :-)Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-22180052595841602532017-06-27T10:42:22.139-04:002017-06-27T10:42:22.139-04:00Hi Annamaria! The inevitable American cultural imp...Hi Annamaria! The inevitable American cultural imperialism as work. Yuck! I get sad when that happens in my city (Portland, OR)--as soon as a Starbuck's enters a funky, eclectic neighborhood, that's it, all the fun is about to go out of it.Lisa Alberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591430453957883948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-70584176116348725102017-06-27T10:37:51.780-04:002017-06-27T10:37:51.780-04:00Hi Everett, great to be here! That's the weird...Hi Everett, great to be here! That's the weirdest feeling, that's for sure. My hometown is pretty much the same (purposefully--to keep it quaint) yet when I go back it feels odds. The shops are upscale and gentrified now, and everyone looks like they came out of the fancy catalog. I still remember the head shop and ice cream parlor!Lisa Alberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591430453957883948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-18724520687471266982017-06-27T08:36:25.897-04:002017-06-27T08:36:25.897-04:00Welcome, Lisa. It's great to see you here.
Fo...Welcome, Lisa. It's great to see you here.<br /><br />For me, that moment came when the elegant, traditional shops along the Via Calzaiuoli in Florence were gone and there was a Footlocker and a Disney Store in their place. Ugh! But, like yours, my heart accommodates to the new reality and remains in love with the place as it is and the way it endures in my memory. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-59667495558029671362017-06-27T00:45:44.624-04:002017-06-27T00:45:44.624-04:00Yes, the town I grew up in (pop. 3000 at the time)...Yes, the town I grew up in (pop. 3000 at the time). I've been going back regularly for 40-some years (family still lives there), but the town is now over 10,000, has 1-way streets, almost all the old businesses gone, the people I knew gone (or changed beyond recognition or names simply forgotten).<br /><br />If I didn't know better I'd think my name was something crazy... like Jeff.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting, Lisa!Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.com