As I drove past The Corner on my way to find a parking spot, there was nobody there. Yay! Unfortunately, just as I got back there with my stuff, I saw Tom, getting his guitar out of the case. There was no point in asking him how soon he'd be done, but he volunteered that he'd have to be there until he'd gotten enough in tips for the bus fare home. (I'm sure he did way better than that -- even after the recent fare hike, it's only two bucks.)
Warren showed up a few minutes later, and we debated on where to set up -- Acoustic Alley is the general Second Choice, and it sounds great there, but the tips were dismal last time. I suggested that we set up across the street on the other corner, where it seems a bit rude to whoever's on the main Corner, but people have been doing it to us all the time lately. Warren was reticent at first, because of his bad experiences with the ladies who work in that gallery, but we decided to give it a try.
And it worked out quite well! There wasn't quite as much traffic as in front of the Ice Cream shop, and there's no bench (though there's a low brick wall/shelf thing that folks can sit on). But, next door is BJ's Pizza -- and this probably only works when there are a lot of people out -- but when it's crowded, people waiting for a table have to wait outside, right down the sidewalk from where we were playing. And we were apparently an appreciated diversion for those people, 'cuz most groups would eventually send one of their party down to put something in the jar, for a pretty amazing $89 total.We never did get hassled by the gallery ladies, either, so this is definitely our new Second Choice location.
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