Some of these may be repeats, but they bear it.
Long-time readers (Hi, Denise!) may remember that Sara took me to a make-your-own-paperweight tutorial when we were in Corning. Here’s the front door of the place, Hands On Glass. The door ain’t much of a much, but they’ve garnished it well. (Sorry — I’ve been watching cooking shows again.)
Important pro tip: Don’t actually put hour hands on glass unless the glass is cool. This door opens onto the glory hole, which heats the glass to around 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,093 Celsius).
As part of my ongoing Necessaries of the World series, here’s the door to the Ladies’ at Hands On Glass and the wall inside.
Wandering around Corning, we came across this brewery. Alas, we didn’t patronize it, as it had moved elsewhere. We liked the arches and the murals in the niches.
We also saw its antithesis: the Corning Health Center, which sported a ghost window or two.
I got excited when I saw there was an attraction called “Mark Twain’s Study” in Elmira, about an hour away. So we drove in the rain to see it. We saw it.
But all was not lost: This is where we had lunch at Boricana, SO GOOD!
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A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Someone touches something they shouldn’t.
MA
circadianreflections
February 3, 2023 at 8:16amThat study of Mark Twain’s is a whole lot better than the little one room shack he holed up in one winter on Jackass Hill, Calif. Just saying! I have images of it in my archives. It’s got a huge wire fence around it so the images aren’t that good.
I use a couple different styles of Corning bowls everyday. Late last year one of my oldest bowls broke in the dishwasher so I need to replace that one.
Marian Allen
February 4, 2023 at 9:44amI’ll bet that Jackass Hill shack is an eyesore. As for the Corning bowls, be aware that Corning now belongs to a Japanese corporation that has changed the formula, so Corningware isn’t quite as durable as it used to be. As you know from your dishwasher incident, though, they would always break if they hit just wrong or a bit of the structure got compromised, so there’s that.
circadianreflections
February 4, 2023 at 11:56amThey’re so old I imagine it was compromised since it broke in the dishwasher.
Pyrex isn’t the same anymore either. 😭
sustainabilitea
February 2, 2023 at 12:40pmLove the wall in the Ladies and the outside of the now-gone brewery.
Marian Allen
February 2, 2023 at 1:06pmI love wall art, too. One of my high school friends (still a friend!) painted a unicorn on my teen-age-me wall.
slfinnell
February 2, 2023 at 12:26pmSomewhere in my archives are doors from Hannibal, another Mark Twain location of stuff. But the archives are real photographs so might be awhile before they surface lol
Marian Allen
February 2, 2023 at 1:05pmUnderstood!
Dan Antion
February 2, 2023 at 9:31amConnecticut and New York argue over who has the best collection of Mark Twain stuff. I’m partial to his house here (he had a summer home in NY) but that is a very cool looking door. I think the brewery should have to have a shuttle running back and forth to their new home, or at least a guy with a keg-cart so you can sample. Both the brewery and the medical office are in good looking buildings.,
Marian Allen
February 2, 2023 at 10:04amKnowing Corning, the new home was probably still on Market Street, but we were trying to cram as much into a few days as possible, so we didn’t hunt it up. And, OH, SO MANY good looking buildings in Corning!