My Neighborhood: German Village (Part 4 of 4)

I determined to take an east-west

route through German Village

during this trip....

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Below (with little interruption)

are a FEW of the places I saw...

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An antique shop...

A deli...

J.V., this is a free-trade

coffee shop. I found you

a great Christmas gift here.

Lovely home...


Quaint backyard...

Another wonderful home...

Great groundcover..

Massive home...

Tremendous tree...

(I think an ash?)

Ione, this is a contempory

art gallery. I discovered

a great birthday gift for

you here.

The shop owners greet their

patrons with water, tea, or

coffee on a tray at the door...

Although these photos of

Bob and Dillon are from

today's trip to the Village

rather than yesterday's,

I decided to intersperse

them anyway...

This is Schmidt's

Sausage Haus.

This is Dillon pretending

to be a German boy...

This is a chocolate shoppe.

Dillon is Bob's "god-dog."


This was the shrub that

gave German Village its

spring smell. I think

this must be what heaven

smells like...

Sally, can you identify

this plant?

One of several churches

in the area...

A wine shop, Daniel...

I am mermerized by

the all of the different

kinds of evergreen here...

Gingerbread house next

to evergreen above...

A weeping...fir?

Pretty...

This house is at the

intersection of

Frankfort and ____?

At this point in GV,
Frankfort is one-lane.


For all of you hard-headed
Southerners (like ME) who
think you know the best
route home after an
ice storm, take my advice:
use the recommended
roads. It's no fun
navigating a one-lane
iced street with cars
on both sides of it.

WOW!

I saw this shrub in

a flower book years

ago and have never seen

one up close. What

a great plant!

Another shot of Frankfort...

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At the end of it

is my apartment complex.

This is Mohawk Street.

It's the only street with

light colored bricks

delineating the center line.

This is the original

Max & Erma's. I

know, my Southern

friends: that means

nothing to you,

but in these

here parts, it's

like the first

Cracker Barrell.

A little friend

stops and poses...

A work of art!

A wedding will

soon occur...

What every village must

have...a Starbucks!

But not without competition:

this is Cup O Joe...

Next to Cup O Joe is

the Book Loft.

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It's not wide, but

it is LONG...a city

block!!!

There are 32 ROOMS of books

in a three- or four- story

home with half-floors

galore!

Another great evergreen...

Daniel, this is the place

I've decided you can put

your hair studio if you

move here. It's on

Mohawk Street, and it's

currently for lease!

I think the street address

is all the name for a

salon you need:

666 Mohawk:

"Where killer cuts

are to die for..."

A pretty home and garden...

Hmmm....

The main store I wanted

to visit closed at noon.

It's a glass shop.

Maybe the one in the

middle is more my style...

A view down City Park...

Love it!

Most tulips are gone,

but I thought these

looked great!

Stately homes...

A local bar...

An otherwise plain

house...

A tiny park...

One of the ritzy

restaurants...Lindley's.

A shop I'll have to visit

earlier than 5:30 on a

Saturday...

After five hours, I had

only covered about two-

thirds of GV...and

only the east-west

corridors.

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Next time: the

north-south route!