Busy day

I’ve been remiss on the blogging today, as it’s been pretty busy around here.  I started the day with a spot on the Fox Morning News starring the World Yo-Yo Champion Larry Sayco.  We were interviewed by VB.  Mr Sayco is quite a character, dressed in knickers and other finery, and he tells some excellent tales about run-ins with Castro’s troops and some kind of involvement with an assassination attempt on the President of Peru involving President Eisenhower (Ike was involved in the story, not, one assumes, with the assassination attempt.)  From there Mr. Sayco and I traveled to the Walter Denney Youth Center in my hometown of Dorchester so he could do a little demo for the kiddies.  Sadly, the 300 Duncan Imperial yo-yos I ordered on Christmas Eve had not yet shown up, so it was demo only.  We had some media, and Mr. Sayco showed Channel 5’s Gail Huff a few tricks, but I’m recommending that she not quit her day job.  Anyway, look for Larry on the news today on Channels 5 and 7, and in the Herald tomorrow.  

The ice is coming along.  Steve Rose is working on the frog Pond overnight.  It’s nice and cold out there.  I peeked into the Park Plaza Castle to see what Pat Oleszko is up too, and it’s really cool.  She has giant inflatables everywhere, including an inflatable cinema where you can see her film “Kneepolian,” which is the story of one of Napoelon’s battles acted out by the knees of several actors.  The Weekly dig made fun of her description in our program guide, but it’s going to be one of the coolest things at First Night this year.  

The shrink wrap sculptures are done, but as I’ve been out there today, lots of people have been wondering if they’re ice sculptures which are covered until Dec. 31.  They’re not.  They’re actually made of other things, and then shrink wrapped.  
Oh, and the yo-yo’s showed up this afternoon, so if you’re coming to see the yo-yo champ and don’t have your own yo-yo, don’t fret, we’ll have some for sale.  Mr Sayco will even autograph them or shorten the strings, and maybe teach you a trick or two from his arsenal.