A Middletown Eye?

This EYE reporter was lucky enough to crash her husband's business trip to London, and today's sightseeing took us to the London Eye (the giant Ferris wheel with amazing views of London).

I jokingly said to my husband that Middletown needed an Eye (ha ha, it has one already), and he looked at me strangely and asked what there was to see.

Good question.  Obviously Middletown is no London, but there is a certain attraction to Ferris wheels no matter where you are.  Maybe we should consider such a thing as part of the riverfront development?

Or maybe this town isn't big enough for two Eyes...

Sherlock Holmes' London

If you're looking for some intellectual and aesthetic stimulation this afternoon, head over to the Sunday Salon at the Green Street Arts Center. Wesleyan English Department Professor Stephanie Weiner will be discussing London as seen through the eyes of Arthur Conan Doyle, James Abbot McNeill Whistler, Oscar Wilde, and others (including, no doubt, Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law). More detail here. The Salon begins at 2 p.m.

[A curious pair inspecting the interior of 221B Baker Street, London, ca. 2007. Photo by Pearse Saines Pinch.]