Round Museum

So many choices up there on the menu. What did you have? A cup of Rocky Road? Mint Chocolate Chip with walnuts and hot fudge sauce? Filtered Marlboro with Menthol sprinkles and a Surgeon General’s warning?

10.21.24

Sunshine
On my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes
Can make me cry
Sunshine on the hay bale
Looks so lovely
Sunshine
Almost always makes me high
.
If I had a day
That I could give you
I'd give to you
The day just like today
If I had a song
That I could sing for you
I'd sing a song
To make you feel this way
.
10.20.24

When Karen Donnelly Park in Pennsport was rebuilt in 2010, the green space was outfitted with new sapling trees, playground equipment, permanent seats and checkerboards, and a mysterious 10-foot wide metal button in the middle. Smooth and shiny at first, the silver Round was fun to climb on and slide over, but too hot to touch in the sun. Nowadays the shade of the grown trees and a few coats of paint keep it cooler. Climb on and see!

10.19.24

The 0 to 60 acceleration rate of this high performance production model has been measured at exactly 1,892,160,000 seconds, not including first foot of rollout.

10.18.24

There are 270 species of agave that come in a variety of shapes -- some are sharp and spiky, others with concentric floral leaves, and some spherical. They all share the trait of thick, fleshy, succulent leaves, a xerophyte adaptation in order to survive in environments with little liquid water.

10.17.24

You've heard about these guys, right? They're pretty good, you should try to go see them sometime. Been around forever, since, like... 1890 or something. Always represent with a playful, Romanesque milieu. Hang out in the Round on Locust Street at The Clarence B. Moore House. Made of concrete.

10.16.24

There you are squeezing all the avocados -- this one is too hard and this one is too squishy. But, lookit, Goldilocks, the key indicator of ripeness is under the stem. Check that Round dimple, and if the color is brown, put it down. You see some yella, that's not yet the fella. But if it's green and bright, it is juuuust right. Now, eat up, Bears are comin' home soon...

10.15.24

A family photograph, the parents young and relaxed,
the children in ties and dresses and smiling.
A blue hat washed up on shore. The red at sunset.
The purple petals of an iris, held by a young woman.
The first kiss. Planets caught in space, oceans, silence.
A bead of water on the window.
A farm in October. A sunny hillside.
A wedding day.
Forever, images locked in our memory.

10.14.24 / 10.14.95

It was a little stuffy in here, but maybe turn that fan speed down a few notches. Now it's just Category 4 force windy.

10.13.24

A little mezcal? Why, yes sir! Margarita? Not in this cocktail glass. The mixology here is a twist on the old school classic Old Fashioned by swapping the traditional brandy for a half ounce of mezcal and a full pour of tequila, bitters and agave nectar. Garnish with a dried orange slice for extra Roundness. A little sipping. How about another?

10.12.24