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The Breakfast Lady

On my first morning at the hotel in Pearl, Jackson, I ran down to have eggs for breakfast. The “breakfast place” looked like a typical American diner, just like the ones I’d seen in movies. I looked around for the food but quickly realized there was no buffet. A lady appeared – seemingly the waitress […]

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The Jacksonian elevator

I saw this on the wall of the hotel elevator. The “Soooo…” made me laugh. The elevator, the hotel — it was like time travel. The whole Pearl, Jackson… somewhere between the ’70s and ’90s; sometimes only the phones in people’s hands reminded me that we are in 2026. The “Ha-a(r)e-ya” made me smile every

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