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and most of them probably have decent tips for the effort. There
no idea how to spot a really good was a sad chance that I might be
fake bill. It takes a special kind of chasing one of these boys down
a jerk to rip somebody off for later that night after he tried to
coffee and donuts and to take make up for whatever money
their good money in change. these honest efforts did not earn
by robbing some drunken tourist
I tugged on the leash and let
who staggered away from
Roux get his lead on me as we Bourbon Street. I doubted that
many in the audience realized
walked up the stairs and onto the this was a skilled profession and
not just a hobby for these kids.
Moonwalk’s observation
The odds of Hardy dropping a
platform. Jackson Square lay generous looking tip in their hat
was slim, so I just gave a nod to
directly across Decatur Street. the one who was running the
The former Jax Brewery, now a boom box and keeping up the
non-stop circus barker patter. He
stack of luxury condominiums, smiled at me and nodded back. It
looked like they were having a
was to my left and Café du Monde
good day.
to the right. There was a sizeable The weather was clear and
crowd on the steps below us warm and Jackson Square was
packed. There was another group
watching a troupe of very limber of acrobats on the Cathedral side
Black youths do a set of break of the square, and people were
standing two and three deep
dancing and gymnastics in looking at the paintings and
what-not the vendors hung from
anticipation of collecting some
the heavy cast iron fence that
surrounded the square’s lush
garden. I walked Roux across the
square rather than try to
negotiate a way through the
throngs alongside the Pontalba
Buildings. Actually, most people
get nervous seeing a big pit bull
on a leash and instinctively open
a path for us. I did not admonish
Roux for taking a moment to lift a
no idea how to spot a really good was a sad chance that I might be
fake bill. It takes a special kind of chasing one of these boys down
a jerk to rip somebody off for later that night after he tried to
coffee and donuts and to take make up for whatever money
their good money in change. these honest efforts did not earn
by robbing some drunken tourist
I tugged on the leash and let
who staggered away from
Roux get his lead on me as we Bourbon Street. I doubted that
many in the audience realized
walked up the stairs and onto the this was a skilled profession and
not just a hobby for these kids.
Moonwalk’s observation
The odds of Hardy dropping a
platform. Jackson Square lay generous looking tip in their hat
was slim, so I just gave a nod to
directly across Decatur Street. the one who was running the
The former Jax Brewery, now a boom box and keeping up the
non-stop circus barker patter. He
stack of luxury condominiums, smiled at me and nodded back. It
looked like they were having a
was to my left and Café du Monde
good day.
to the right. There was a sizeable The weather was clear and
crowd on the steps below us warm and Jackson Square was
packed. There was another group
watching a troupe of very limber of acrobats on the Cathedral side
Black youths do a set of break of the square, and people were
standing two and three deep
dancing and gymnastics in looking at the paintings and
what-not the vendors hung from
anticipation of collecting some
the heavy cast iron fence that
surrounded the square’s lush
garden. I walked Roux across the
square rather than try to
negotiate a way through the
throngs alongside the Pontalba
Buildings. Actually, most people
get nervous seeing a big pit bull
on a leash and instinctively open
a path for us. I did not admonish
Roux for taking a moment to lift a
