I rode my bike down to the Treme tonight for some TV with friends and then a stop at S.’s to meet her delightful friend T., in town for one night only. As I crossed Canal from University Place, I had a first-time experience as a biker in New Orleans. A car was turning right on to Burgundy and stopped short right in front of me. I had to pedal back hard (damn pedal breaks!) and then I just sat there, waiting for the car to move. It didn’t. The passenger then rolled down his window, and he and the driver–gasp–apologized! That simply never happens, drivers recognizing how their actions might affect cyclists and pedestrians. Three cheers for civility! Anyway, I rode home up Baronne, enjoying the cool(ish) night air. I don’t know how summer just disappeared, but we’re having more and more of these slightly cooler nights in a row. I had forgotten how much I enjoy biking in the fall. I stopped near Girod to take a picture of this sign for Luckmore Finance. I love this sign. I mean, look at that lucky clover with dollar signs on each of her four leaves! This is some seriously cheerful finance. These days, finance seems like a bad word. Financing, credit, debt–that’s a quick trip to trouble in a system set up to ensure most of us lose. But Luckmore puts the cheer back in finance! I kind of love the truth in the name: there’s a lot of luck involved in the money game. I’m not sure what this business does, but I’d totally want to get financed by them–they look fun.