Mickey’s Diner In The Rain, Rainpainting Series, outside Mickey’s Diner near the Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 2007, photo © 2007 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved.
It’s been a long couple of weeks. Mr. Stripeypants has started to eat hard food again and seems to be on the mend. (Thanks for all the good energy any of you might have sent his way.) I’m up writing and preparing a post for tomorrow. But for tonight, easy does it.
Mickey’s Diner In The Rain was shot outside Mickey’s Diner late last Tuesday night after Ann Patchett’s talk at the Fitzgerald Theater a few blocks away. If you’re around these parts, you might want to catch a bite to eat.
Otherwise, it was quite a lively day at the bottom of red Ravine. Stop by any time. The parking is free.
I wanted to keep her as much for myself as for her. We had a wonderful time that visit. Even when Lucy was devastated or difficult, she was the person I knew best in the world, the person I was the most comfortable with. Whenever I saw her, I felt like I had been living in another country, doing moderately well in another language, and then she showed up speaking English and suddenly I could speak with all the complexity and nuance that I hadn’t even realized was gone. With Lucy I was a native speaker.
But Lucy was never going to live in Nashville. Even if it might have saved her life, it wasn’t the life she wanted.
Dearest Anngora, my cynical pirate of the elusive heart, my self-winding watch, my showpiece, my shoelace, how are you?
-from Ann Patchett’s memoir, Truth & Beauty, A Friendship, Harper-Collins Publishers, 2004
-posted on red Ravine, Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Oh, I LOVE diners!!! I know parking is free, but how many kinds of pie do they have? That’s the REAL question… 😀
And, maybe I should make a beaded diner scene sometime… that would be COOL…
LikeLike
I love diners, too. Yes, LB, a beaded diner! Fantastic idea!
Glad Pants is getting back to normal. That was scary.
Great photo, QM. Now off to park my butt in bed.
LikeLike
Oh, boy, don’t know what kind of pies they have there. I usually get breakfast. I’ll have to check next time. LB, the beaded diner is a great idea. But which one?
LikeLike
I really like the different temperatures of light. And the guy working inside. For some reason it makes me feel alright that I’m standing outside.
LikeLike
jason, the light temperatures, I love them. Yes, it’s the temperature of the light that makes the space inside the diner seem white against the neon. Contrasting light temps.
The guy behind the counter…I had several shots of Mickey’s Diner, but I chose this one for just that reason. He’s grounding. And makes me feel okay being outside, too.
You articulated two of the subtleties of this photo that bring it home. I know you’re a photographer, too. 8)
LikeLike
[…] -related to post, The Parking Is Free […]
LikeLike
[…] it was October, and Teri, Liz, and I grabbed dinner at Mickey’s Diner before walking across Exchange Street into the bustling, sold-out crowd at the […]
LikeLike
[…] The Parking Is Free – short excerpt from Truth & Beauty: A Friendship […]
LikeLike