Had something of a fabulous last night in ptown
I went to a pot luck art opening
At PAAM
The provincetown art association museum
Only in ptown would something like this happen
A roughly once-a- month- off-season fiesta in which
Members of Paam who are in town in the winter and spring
Can bring an armload of some culinary treat they created
And join in a fun mish mash buffet of varied edibles
Its fun and social
And its an art opening
I joined the great artist Erna Partoll of whom I am a huge fan
She made such a generous amount of scalloped potatoes
That I was allowed to go in as her guest
I wound up sitting with a divine woman named Barbara grey
Who was so feisty I thought id laugh my kugel up
Seriously there was kugel there
Now any night that includes brownies
Kugel, potato gratin and quail eggs all at once
Is bound to be quite an experience
A big topic of chat amongst all was the town meeting
Ya see here in ptown
Any person who lives here and is a registered voter here
Can go to town hall for the annual town meeting which can last one day or a week
And vote on whats on the agenda or stand up and add something to the agenda
Heated topics this year
Were should push carts be allowed in town- the answer was no
Cause the stores are paying boat loads of rent and taxes and don’t need the competition
And because on high season one cant even walk down commercial street as it is
Anyway I got to thinking
I mean could you imagine a town hall meeting in nyc
Where all nyers could stand up and vote
Lordy thered be a few million people demanding no more parking tickets
Right off the bat
And a few million more demanding
No more high rents
And a few million more screaming
Bring back the strip clubs in time square- okay maybe that’s just me
Anyway
Its quite a thing
To go to a town like this in the off season
And join in the revelry
I ended the night with erna giving me a thorough, well needed critique of my art work
Which I shall learn from and grow from
And then I went to sleep listening to the wind blowing across the bay
Not bad
Today I prepare for the long
Long long
8 hour bus ride back to manhattan
oy
and if i ever get to raise something in town hall of ptown
it will be
can we please run a train from new york to the cape
please
I gotta make friends with a pilot
