In Floyd
Floyd's having a busier than usual weekend. In addition to the usual Friday night activities, the Village Green cut its official ribbon Saturday. Businesses in the building...including Nancy's Candy Company...welcomed the public to come have a look around.
Lots of people turned out for the event. My friend Colleen was there taking pictures. I thought it might be fun to add a picture catching her in the act. Here she is in a black coat carrying her recently blogged about bag:
While watching the ceremony, I spied these two tickets for the Virginia Tech v Miami game in a young man's pocket.
I jokingly went up to him and offered to take them off his hands. Much to my surprise the tickets were actually available and he invited me to join he and his wife at the game. It was tempting, but going would have meant missing Spoken Word night. I guess that tells you something about my priorities of late! And besides, it would have been very cold sitting in the evening air.
By the way, it just so happens that this couple are recent transplants from Ft. Lauderdale...where I'm from. It seems he and his wife came up for leaf season a couple of years ago and fell in love with it. They bought some land right then and there and are now living here.
Its neighbor Hotel Floyd provided tours of all the themed rooms. It was fun to see them first hand (vs on their internet site) and to be able to touch and feel the furniture. One thing that I didn't see on the site was their soon to be amphitheater. The square slab is going to become a timber frame stage, and as you can see, it's surrounded by natural stadium seating. Floyd's devotion to music keeps showing itself!
Also taking place this weekend: our new Mexican restaurant, Charros, is finally opening its doors. We won't make it there for its Sunday opening, but never fear, we'll definitely make a point of eating there before leaving for the winter.
It's all very exciting. Judy and I ran into a long time resident at lunch and we were talking about all that's happening in Floyd. I mused about how growth can be a double-edged sword, to which she responded: "Growth was bound to come...I'm just glad Floyd is doing it on its own terms". This, in fact, was the very reasoning that prompted the creation of Hotel Floyd and the Village Green. The Village Green building was once a local grocery store. It went out of business a few years back and has stood vacant since. Sooner or later, it would have been occupied...but by who? A group of citizens stepped up to take the matter into their own hands.
The final weekend activity to note is Spoken Word Night. It takes place once a month at the Cafe del Sol and this month, the place was packed. I think the cold weather must put people in the mood to be cozy at a coffee house. I'm glad, since it was my last Spoken Word Night for the year. I'm glad to have such a vibrant session to carry with me as a memory while in Florida.
Post Note
Here's one of the poems I read at Spoken Word Night:
I am...
I am not alone.
I feel so alone
amidst the crowd
silently crying.
Look into my eyes.
Can you see who I am?
Who am I?
A shadow in the midst of time.













