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situated where once stood the territorial capitol of Nebraskashire, listed among the oldest schools in the region, housed within a building mistakable as a legitimate example of Beaux-Artes and plagued by adolescent drug-use and pregnancies kept secret, Omaha's Central High School boasts all the qualities of an elite preparatory academy.yet so insufferable do I find the manner of its students and alumni; they exaggerate its status--forgetting that the high school is a public institution and that not every graduate wins a Nobel Prize.
each Saturday, local merchants and growers overwhelm blocks of Omaha's Downtown in ever-increasing numbers. retailers importune passersby to stop at makeshift stalls to appraise homemade wares or sniff honeysuckle and fresh tomatoes.
normally I could not praise something so provincial but it was there that last weekend, at the behest of a small Oriental man, I purchased the most delicious radishes. verily, they were the talk of next day's tea.
order-in Chinese food indulges my two great loves:
1. American bastardizations of things once foreign and good (in every sense of the word).
2. not having to go anywhere.
situated where once stood the territorial capitol of Nebraskashire, listed among the oldest schools in the region, housed within a building mistakable as a legitimate example of Beaux-Artes and plagued by adolescent drug-use and pregnancies kept secret, Omaha's Central High School boasts all the qualities of an elite preparatory academy.
