Saturday, July 19, 2008

Scenes from...Lebanon, IN




As is typical of small towns, Lebanon has a gorgeous courthouse that catches your eye right away. There's a charming square around it with Balloon World Coffee House, Mason's Used Books, and Bijou restaurant. We didn't get to check out much when we were there last weekend because, just like back in old timey days, things close early on Saturdays. Most places seemed to close by 3 (except for Bijou which starts dinner service at 5PM). Mostly, we got a great sense of potential from their cute downtown. There are some fabulous old vacant buildings just off of Main St. that are just waiting for unique shoppes or restaurants. They also could be the "befores" on a show like Re-zoned where owners make cool homes out of structures not originally intended to be residential.

3 comments:

Kevin said...

My favorite part of that courthouse is the "typo" of Roman Numerals. Notice the 4 C's?

Pobody's Nerfect.

WYA! said...

Wow, we would have never noticed that- you're good.

Kevin said...

I noticed it first when I was actually in Lebanon. No way would I have caught that from the picture.