Well, there goes my productivity for the afternoon. Google Maps has lauched its StreetView of Memphis. You can zoom in on your neighborhood, click the icon that looks like an orange man, and then use the arrows to take a virtual walk around.
Looks like Downtown was shot on a weekend morning, because most of the parking lots are empty. It was probably shot at least a year ago, because the Red Rooster didn’t yet exist when I “walked” down Second.
Then I took a “walk” around the neighborhood South of the FedExForum. Some of the bums are known to crash at a house on Allen Street – and when I “walked” down Allen, there they were on the front porch. Virtual bums!
I’ve already had people e-mail me to say they looked for me in the window of the Flying Saucer, but it apparently hadn’t opened yet.