With today’s date being a unique palindrome that hasn’t occurred for nine centuries, it seemed fitting on this chilly dry morning to revisit a quirky old favorite.   And though we don’t blog on every shop that we revisit – usually it’s only when there is something of note to highlight – we’re glad to  report that within the last year the Frog has revamped its neighborhood presence big time by expanding hours and scheduling two evenings a week for poetry readings, one evening for live music, and one evening for movies.

With its living room, fireplace and library, the Frog set itself apart from most other shops in terms of having “homey” features.  And now by extending hours and providing  evening activities, it becomes a go-to place evening-times as well.  Bravo.

Discussion topics today started with DM reporting on what he heard at the recent forum on homelessness – 4,000 unhoused even though thousands have been housed; T and H talking about past City plans dating back to the early 1990s that were adopted for new beds, emergency shelter, and low-income housing, steps that seemed to be making progress until the early 2010s when a dam of demand burst and overwhelmed the system; and with four City Council seats up for election, what we thought of the various  candidates.

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