Had I had any control, I would have ruined this picture. Cleaned it up. Slowed down the shutter. Tripod. Perhaps going with the "Ghosts of a couple along a lonely pier" romance, requiring multiple exposures. blah...
And while many of these businesses look like they cater to the dead or the disabled, there is something to be said for a city where the signage isn't provided by coca-cola or dark n lovely.
She had never been out of her township, on a plane, in a hotel. She arrived in America with very little to say. She took it all in silence. Finally, on our way from the airport to her dorm room, I asked Sibahle what she thought of America...
"Its so quiet. And everyone is on their way to work. And they don't look drunk"