DR Edi, did you make it home ok? Did you figure out what the person was whooping about?
I'm hoome now. That was creepy.
The edit place is located in a popular hooker area so there's a lot of weirdness there, especially now that the building across the parking lot is abandoned and lots of homeless people are living in it. It will soon be torn down to make room for more new lofts.
I try to be cautious working over there, and that is why my DH will come there when he can to see me to my car.Within a 1 mil e radius of there, a dear friend, Merchant-Ivory's editor, who introduced me to Greg and is our "little brother" was mugged by people with a lead pipe while walking down the street near his home. He had Bell's Palsy for a year and has never regained all of his hearing. (He should be at the NY screening Friday.)
Another friend who schedules us for jobs, lived a block from my editor friend and was raped at knifepoint in her home.
Two other co-workers were heldup at gunpoint at nearby stores.
But today I got an email telling me that 9 different women in Buckhead, the most expensive part of town, were robbed in parking lots at gunpoint in the middle of the day by men trying to steal their rings. And the gas station next to our new house in Buckhead was robbed this morning and the clerk was shot. So I guess nowhere is really safe.
Gosh---I hope this doesn't scare you, Cillaliz. When I am in new surroundings, I take it for granted that they are safe because they seem OK and I don't know the history. But it's good to be aware.
