Wandering North Loop and Hawthorne

Wandering Payne and Dale

While photographing this side street, I heard a woman yell "This is why I'm not marrying you!"

             The man in the black coat some how mistaken me for a woman (even though I have a beard), asking, "Miss? I mean sir, sorry, can you help me find the Metro PCS store?"

          Although technically homeless, Mike Hartzell (A.K.A. Bones) has become an icon along Rice Street - the place where he grew up and still calls home to this day. Bones spends his days patrolling the area, meeting passers-by, and working odd jobs for local businesses. Bones is appreciated so much that local business owners say they hope to some day erect a statue in his honor.