Revisiting Our Past

 We went and visited our old stomping grounds last weekend.  It was little strange playing tourist in a place we had lived for several years.   And although we always knew that our old neighborhood was a little...well "seedy"...several months living in suburbia made it glaring obvious just how dicey it can be.

Still, it was nice to visit with the corner people again, and we even met a little street urchin who tried to make nice with Madeline by screaming in her face at the top of his lungs.  I'd blame his parents....but there weren't any in sight to blame.

Really, the old neighborhood's not that bad, and we had a nice afternoon eating lunch, walking along the river, and visiting some art galleries.  Plus, Madeline had a lot of fun running around the playground.  Until the street urchin appeared that is...
 

 And of course, there was that awkward moment when we realized there was nasty graffiti printed above our baby's head...

 And I took some pictures anyway...