Karl and Me
OK, I'm going to wallow in my 15 minutes of digital fame, because no way, no how is my name ever again going to be mentioned in the same breath as that of designer Karl Lagerfeld. As my wife likes to point out, my biggest fashion statement of this century has been my reluctant dabbling in the use of "product" in my hair. (Gasp!) My fashion sense is about as undeveloped as my appreciation for poetry: It sure looks pretty, but most of the time I just don't get it.
But yesterday, Adam Tschorn of the L.A. Times posted this little number about his recent road trip to "Kaiser Karl's" Vermont castle in Grand Isle. Several local establishments got a nod in that piece, including Hen of the Wood, Hero's Welcome and Seven Days, for my recent interview with Joyce Lockerby, the Grand Isle drawbridge operator. Cool.
Way cool, Ken! Way, way cool!!! BTW, I never developed an appreciation for poetry either. But I did go to a high school where we tracked our outfits on notecards to see how long we could go without repeating. So sonnets and meter...huh? But fashion sense? That, I worked a bit on!
Posted by: Lisa Crean | July 15, 2009 at 06:28 PM
I love that! What a weird place for your story (and the salty drawbridge lady) to pop up.
I also like how he thinks identifying the house site only as "the main drag of Grand Isle" will keep folks from finding it. Route 2, right? Does Grand Isle have anything else even remotely approaching a main drag?
Posted by: Margot Harrison | July 15, 2009 at 06:55 PM
Nope, Margot...We're a "one-drag" town!
Posted by: Lisa Crean | July 16, 2009 at 04:01 PM
It's pretty lame when you need to plug your own story showing up in LA... really lame.
Posted by: Ben | July 18, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Hey, Ben, I don't feel a need to "plug my own story." I just found it interesting that an LA Times writer/blogger took notice of our neck of the woods. Got anything substantive worth sharing with the world?
Posted by: Ken Picard | July 19, 2009 at 12:55 PM