Elleda Wilson: Authentic Astoria

Elleda Wilson, The Daily Astorian, Ore.
·1 min read

Nov. 10—Earful rerun: A little gem was overheard by Mary Tanguay Webb while she was reading a book in the waiting room of an Astoria orthopedic clinic. A man and a woman behind her greeted a man who came in with an injured knee, and asked him how it had happened.

"It just went out on me as I got out of the cab to get on the ship. No warning. I was already there, so I just went to work," he replied. At this point, Mary realized he was probably a bar pilot.

"The ship was Chinese and they had no ice," he continued. "They gave me two frozen fish and a frozen burrito to put on it."

"It is absolutely true," Mary swears, "and soooo Astoria!" (In One Ear, 8/25/2011)