This image in Mark G. Harris’s LJ from one of those thirty-seven Star Wars movies:
made me think of photos I snapped in New Orleans at this restaurant on St. Charles:
When we walked in, there was only one other patron, but others began to arrive after we were seated. The restaurant had a feeling of good will, including smiles bestowed on a young mother when she came in with a baby carriage filled with snoozing infant. The food was nothing spectacular or exotic, just a good meal with excellent service. I had catfish fillets with fries, and Lynne had red beans and rice, which she doused liberally with Louisiana Hot Sauce.
What I most loved was the interior of the restaurant, which is where that Star Wars image comes into play.
Excerpts and covers from novels (particularly those of James Lee Burke) that mention The Pearl were framed and hung throughout the restaurant, which is VERY cool to me.
And this wall near the entrance reminded me of Phillip Godbee sketching on the walls of his New York apartment before he left for Mississippi in Three Fortunes in One Cookie.
That screencap is from Episode XII: Attack Of The Okra.
Gorgeous restaurant! I’m in love with that wall drawing, and the nifty neon sign. Is St. Charles sort of still in The French Quarter?
Looks amazing for sure!!
A
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Sadly, the oh-so-cool design of that flying aluminum dart is about the best thing from the first Star Wars trilogy. (Which as you know came second, since they did the second trilogy first, which never made sense to me. But after watching episodes I through III, I don’t think it made sense to George Lucas either, bless his heart.)