New York is convinced it’s the center of the universe.
They can’t imagine why any one would want to live anywhere else. As Eva Gabor told Eddy Albert, “Dah-ling, I love you, but give me Park Avenue.”
How things have changed! Suddenly, New York wants to be Northwest Missouri.
It’s not at all surprising. Smog, traffic jams and urban decay are so overdone. Green fields are the place to be.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed putting windmills throughout New York. He has a vision of turbines atop bridges and rooftops capturing the wind and converting it to energy.
He pretty much wants to remake the Big Apple into Rock Port, the little Missouri city that proved it could be done.
But when it comes to alternative energy, New York is just trailing in the wake of King City and Conception.
A paltry little windmill stuck on a bridge in New York will hardly compare to the colossal structures that have reshaped the skyline in Gentry County.
It’s doubtful New York can find a spokesman as engaging as Eric Chamberlain, Rock Port’s funeral director turned wind farm manager. He’s something of a wind power rock star, appearing on CNN, ABC and CBS.
New York’s got a long row to hoe to bring Rock Port’s fresh air to Times Square. All those cabbies are going to have to learn how to navigate on gravel roads. People will have to get way friendlier and learn to take the time to stop and chat once in awhile.
New York will always fall short, though, until you can find a good tenderloin there.
When it comes to tenderloin, Northwest Missouri is impossible to beat. At the News-Press, we’ve put together a Tenderloin Tour featuring some of the best.
Fifteen restaurants in the region contacted us to be entered in the Missouri Pork Association’s contest for the best breaded pork tenderloin. The statewide winner won’t be announced until October.
Until then, you can be the judge and visit the entrants to take a taste sample. The tour has stops in Ridgeway, King City, Cameron, Dearborn, Agency, Barnard, Savannah, Maryville and several in St. Joseph. Find the map online at www.stjoenews.net.
Follow the tenderloin tour and you’ll pass by windmills surrounded by fields stretching out far and wide.
It’s not Manhattan. Thank goodness. Give me that countryside.
