Thursday 31st May 2007. Randolph, New York.

Back to school and back to curriculum development.

Today I am at the Board of Cooperative Educational Services Teaching and Learning Center in Cuba, New York.

Cuba is world famous for its cheese and I could not resist a little shopping whilst I was here.

Tonight we dined at The Old Library Restaurant in Olean. Built in 1909 and opened in 1910 the building (like so many libraries in both the United States and the United Kingdom) became a reality with the injection of Carnegie money. This particular building continued in existence as a library until 1974 and as well as its pleasant central rotunda the art works include a marble frieze depicting Alexander's triumphal entry into Babylon. The longbar once stood in Chicago's Cattleman's Restaurant, famously frequented by the notorious figures of the 20's and 30's.