Yay! What a great day. So glad you got to see the locks in action, and I like your description of the lobster tail as a trilobite made out of choux pastry. Also, the idea of fishing for passersby under the Washington Street Bridge. A tin of thunder is also an appealing concept.

I liked the article by ChristopherBegley, too--thanks! I gave it to a friend who was recently traveling in that area.

You look like the poppy flower fairy, or it looks like you, a little.