The Heidelberg on a warm night

Last week I was out on a night photography shoot with my digital photo class from Access Arts Studio.  To say that we had a perfect night for shooting is an understatement.  But I must admit I was a bit envious of the crowd outside the Berg, slowly meandering in for a beer during late happy hour.  It doesn't take a crowd at Heidelberg to bespeak spring in Columbia, but it certainly is an endearing feature of a warm, spring evening in downtown Columbia.

Booches on a cold night

Booches, on Ninth Street.

Pinball at Shakespeare's

Kim and Casey at the pinball machine in Shakespeare's, softly illuminated by the Rolling Rock neon.

Heidelberg in snow, Ninth Street

This was the Heidelberg as I fondly recall it, before the fire and the nearly to-the-letter rebuild.  Now it is much taller, but a little less rustic.  It's hard to replicate 50 years of cigarette smoke, grease, and spilled beer.  Taken when Osama's coffee shop still held sway over south ninth street.