Merry Christmas

I found this small note on the sidewalk (in front of some bars) in the Hawthorne neighborhood. Ruth seems like a nice lady.

Find the Parameters

Found this buried under some old picture frames in the living room at my mother’s, but the writing is neither mine, nor hers, nor anyone we know.

Nothing Free Patrick

I played a gig at Juanita’s, a local bar, and looked down under the stage and found this note.

The Meeting

I found this on the ground between some buildings while taking a shortcut to plug the parking meter.

A Present from You Know Who

I was walking back from class at Cal Poly and found this on the sidewalk. Seems like this person either wants to get the other one drunk. Or maybe they are thanking them for something with a giant bottle, probably alcohol.

Drunk in Nevada City

This note is written on the back of a metallic golden paper that smells a lot of cigarettes. I found it the day after it was written on Broad Street. The style of the note struck me as full of literary possibility… the honesty, the apparent urge to write down an experience, culminating in the … Continued

AA Rose

Found this at an AA meeting I went to. This cheesy slogan might cause me to go back to drinking.

Banas Foster

Recently, at the bar where I work, a girl locked herself in the bathroom and promptly passed out. After ultimately breaking the door down, the girl’s friends took her home; it was not until we closed that we found this note. Apparently the girl’s friend thought she just needed the promise of Bananas Foster to … Continued

Drinking and Playing Cards

I found this old Polaroid in a coal miner’s house in the Bull’s Head section of Scranton. I’m not old enough to date the photo, but I’d guess 1950′s. There were other pictures with it, but this is the one I kept.