For the past 10 months or so I’ve been the designated “face” of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce, and I have to say…poor them. I’m in retail so my mood hasn’t been all that great this year and and sometimes I feel like the bandleader on the Titanic. (He did all he could to keep spirits up, but he still went down with the ship.)

Still, I’ve been busy playing cheerleader as much as possible. When the 20th Taste of Carmel went for a “Roaring 20’s” theme and asked for costumes, I came dressed in a rather appropriate outfit for 1929 (and sadly, 2008), and luckily people laughed.

And when we had the annual Halloween parade on Saturday? I proved the depths to which I will sink to get a smile out of a crowd. I call the costume “semi” formal.

If the Chamber wanted someone with an ounce of dignity, they sure picked the wrong guy.