Our new correspondent Devon Pettengill alerted us to this: the fiction story in this week's New Yorker -- "The Erlking" by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum. It takes place at a Waldorf School Elves' Faire, just like we have here. There's a Father Christmas, just like the Pasadena Waldorf School has at their faire. There are tall fir trees, just like the Waldorf School campus.
But this nails it: the mother recognizes somebody -- a man with a guitar strapped to his back:
"Oh, wow,” her mother whispers. “That’s John C. Reilly."
Yep. A New Yorker piece that takes place in Altadena. Drink it in!
"Zack and Jack" play the blues at the 2008 Pasadena Waldorf School Elves' Faire in Altadena.
Here's the New Yorker's profile of Sarah Shun-lien Bynum here.
