The St. Charles streetcars are BACK!!!

Pardon the smallness of the pics, as they were taken with the phone. I’ve not yet learned how to use the new camera. But TBK and I went back to the usual pre-K routine, parking ourselves for a beverage at St. Charles and Jackson. We sat at the old Garlic Clove/BBQ Mama/Buster’s (still the best people-watching spot in town) and waited. Sure enough, it was again a case of waiting for something that seemingly never came — until a we heard the drums from Uptown and here came FIVE streetcars, moving slowly in line behind the Warren Easton High School band.

All the cars were packed full of tipsy Uptowners who had boarded at Napoleon (the temporary end of the line) and were slowly working their way toward the CBD. We boarded wth tears in our eyes and rode for about four blocks, getting off to make room for others. Horns were honking, people were waving and it was, in a word, wonderful.

I think we’ll get on board tomorrow and ride down to Canal and get something to eat. Just because we can.

Finally. It’s something so small and yet so….so incredibly huge.