Stellaaaaaaaa.....

Great ride today, Saturday, not much wind, perfect temperature, did 35 miles.
The French Quarter was pretty busy , plenty tourist in town for Jazz fest.
Jazz Festival is a Festival featuring music of all kinds, Rock, gospel, Zadeco, Catfish,
Blues, and sometimes they even have some Jazz, not much but sometimes.
Please note the line at Cafe De Monde, long, thier addicted to Coffee or Benets, both delicous,
anyway plenty action for a deserted town. On Bourbon there's a courtyard with a bronze of
Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, recently added Fats Domino and now Chris Owens. WOw...
I'm sure you've heard of the statue of Jesus in the rear Courtyard of St Louis Catheral,
Jesus' left hand has fingers missing from a tree that fell during the storm, all the tourist are taking pictures of it.
As a kid my mother took me shopping downtown, one of the must stop stores was McCorys.
Although the front of the buiding is something new, the back door still has the McCorys sign on it.
And the final picture is a old, old, old, house that caught my eye, it looks like small apartments
on a second floor. All I could think of was Marlon Brando standing outside in a torn
undershirt drunk and sweating screaming Stellaaaaaaa......
It looked like the kinda of place that Williams was inspired by when he imagined "STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE" . .. It just had that feeling when I saw it. Some things just give off an aura like a place with a soul... the tall wall protecting it from the street, the ivy growing all over keeping it warm and safe, and the balcony where it monitors the world.
Anyway, great ride, great feelings, inspirational......
later
gary