{"id":453,"date":"2008-09-14T20:09:28","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T20:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-newyork.com.fwtrading.x10host.com\/wp\/2008\/09\/14\/a-taste-of-white-plains\/"},"modified":"2009-09-20T22:38:55","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T22:38:55","slug":"a-taste-of-white-plains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-newyork.com.fwtrading.x10host.com\/wp\/2008\/09\/14\/a-taste-of-white-plains\/","title":{"rendered":"A Taste of White Plains."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I finished the tasks I had set for myself by 2:00, so I headed into White Plains for A Taste of White Plains: Food and Antique Car Show. It was delightful, a real home-town kind of event. They had gigantic inflatable castles and slides for the kiddies and live music. I got to try some Indian food from the Indian place in the neighborhood that I was unfamiliar with (channa saag, how I love thee) and see a variety of nifty ancient vehicles. They were all lined up in the street, and as I was sauntering by I noticed a particular one. It was a navy blue 1937 Chevy with the phrase &#8220;Meet Mr. Floatie!&#8221; on it. Underneath that was a character I can only describe as a jocular turd with a yellow sailor&#8217;s hat on. My incredulity drove me to investigate. I kept thinking, &#8220;Oh, this is just a clever marketing ploy to draw me in.&#8221; Nope. Mr. Floatie is indeed a turd. And the Floatie-mobile is from my hometown of Rye, NY. I&#8217;m so proud. However ooky you find the whole thing, it is for a good cause: to clean up a bit of the harbor that has trash and raw sewage running into it and ruining the ecology. A nice lady handed me a square of toilet paper with the web address and the phrase &#8220;Because Fecal Matters&#8221; on it. Dear God, enough with the poop references, guys. But wait, it gets worse. I&#8217;m going to copy and paste the most horrifying part from an article I found.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tartaglione, Mr. Floatie, a &#8220;<strong>a seven foot turd that will soon be walking up and down on Purchase Street greeting residents handing out Hershey bars<\/strong> and business cards,  bringing attention to all the issues on Hen Island that have been ignored for years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I am so glad I don&#8217;t live in Rye anymore. I could not deal with a giant mascot excrement wandering around Main Street handing out food that vaguely resembles excrement. And while I didn&#8217;t bring my camera, thx to the Nternet, I found a picture of the Floatie-mobile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-newyork.com.fwtrading.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/mr_floatie_car.jpg\" title=\"mr_floatie_car.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/design-newyork.com.fwtrading.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/mr_floatie_car.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"mr_floatie_car.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please help clean up the harbor in Rye, only so they stop with Mr. Floatie. Let us give them so much money that the Mr. Floatie-mobile can have the decals taken off and it can return to being a nice vintage vee-hickle. Please. Make the bad men stop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healtheharbor.com\">www.healtheharbor.com <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I finished the tasks I had set for myself by 2:00, so I headed into White Plains for A Taste of White Plains: Food and Antique Car Show. It was delightful, a real home-town kind of event. They had gigantic inflatable castles and slides for the kiddies and live music. 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