Do You Know What It Means?

I just saw this video for Mat Kearney's "Hey Mama," and I got instantly homesick.  It's filmed in New Orleans, and it made me want to go back there so badly.  I don't think I've ever felt this before about a place.  My chest hurts when I think about what I'm missing.  Last night I fell asleep thinking about how much I wanted an orchid cream vanilla snowball from Plum Street.  

The man in the umbrella hat at 1:05 always stands on the corner of Decatur and Canal preaching with his bible.  I miss seeing him, I miss the silhouette of those Mississippi bridges, I miss the heat, I miss the streetcars, and I miss that sheer joie de vivre.  


(I added my pictures to the Santa Cruz posts yesterday.)