Done For

August 4, 2007

It looks like we're done for.

The New York Times on Friday, Aug. 3, splashed Mammoth on the front page of its travel section under the headline "An Old Ski Town Faces The March of the Wine Bar," and of course the implications are enormous.

First of all, who knew that wine bars could march?

That aside, is everyone around here used to flat vowels and Yankees caps?

Contemporary art? Theater every night except Mondays?

We could inundated by vacationing playwrights looking for Malaysian cuisine. Or worse. Hedge fund managers looking to offer us endless tips on the chairlifts.

On the other hand, our bagels in town might improve; men might start wearing shirts with collars; there won't be so much of that darned eye contact; people will be able to use their car horns.

The actual story is OK, with nothing new for those of us who are here. "This could have been written in 1998," observed Judy Bridger, and this time she wasn't lying.

It's the fact that the "other" Times has now discovered Mammoth was the news, though.

We're wondering what it will be like, with the conversation turning toward "Stowe vs. Mammoth, Whose Art is Better?" and stirring Bertolt Brecht into our coffee.

We could be done for.

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