By 10 we were on the road. John had wanted to see what was on the other side of the Lake. We had a good map from the Chautauqua County Visitors Center so headed south and east to Jamestown, stopping at a Bank of America ATM and Wegman’s, the best grocery store in the County, for a few provisions.
Chautauqua Lake is only 17 miles long so it didn’t take too long to do the loop. Beamus Point is a nice little lakeside community with old hotels, interesting-looking shops, and wonderful huge homes. I took this pix for John’s oncologist who loves to surf and said he didn’t think Chautauqua Lake would do it for him. Hey, Dr. Ball, look at the Surf Club.
We passed a farm advertising fresh brown eggs for $1 a dozen. I didn’t see the hand lettered sign in time and, unfortunately, didn’t ask John to turn around. One of those “could of, should of” moments.
Back at Chautauqua by 1 p.m. I had been reading the Daily in the car and had 2 places I wanted to call about for week 9 next year. The first one, on Center Street, sounded perfect and it is.
Maggie can be with us, it has a wonderful porch, it is one block up from the center of the Plaza, and the price is right. The owner is the woman who started the “Women4WomenKnitting4Peace.” The house was purchased by her parents in the 1970s when the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra was in rather difficult talks with the Institution and property values went down on the speculation that the CSO would cease to exist. Luckily, it didn’t and they got a great buy on an old 3-story house in a wonderful location. They have mostly repeat tenants so we are fortunate to get our foot in the door.
3 p.m. in the Hall of Philosophy and a talk by attorney and author Philip Howard titled, “Life Without Lawyers: Restoring Responsibility in America.” In 2002 he founded a nonprofit, nonpartisan legal reform coalition common Good, an active translation of his effort to “affirmatively define an area free from legal interference.” Interesting stuff.
I went to the Symphony alone and sat in the choir loft. I love the view from up there. The program was Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto, and Symphony No. 9 (from the New World) by Antonin Dvorak. It’s the CSO’s last performance for the season. Things are certainly winding down. Music kids are gone, young kids are mostly gone due to school starting in this part of the world, and it’s just us old folks. Chautauqua has a program called “55+” and next week ElderHostel will host a week here, too.
It’s pouring rain tonight. My feet were soaked by the time I got home, even though I took the bus.
1 comment:
Hello, My name name is Rachel, I am the girl at the coffee shop with the collage :) I came to your blog to find my picture and I was reading back through when you were in Chautauqua, when I saw this house, 18 center. My family and I stay at this house on the third floor for the first 5 weeks of the season! I am also friends with the daughter, Katie, who is my age. 18 center is a GREAT location, and they are great people.
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