[Leica] Ruby in the morning. Alfredo in the afternoon.

[ahgraves at prodigy.net (Allen Graves)]

We had a long discussion a few weeks ago about Alfredo's. I never had 
the money to buy a Leica back then (I was in college), just a pawned 
Nikkormat (bought overseas in a PX ) from a pawnshop on Victory Drive 
in Columbus GA (near Fort Benning). For some reason there were a lot 
of cameras coming from the "Far East" in the early 70's......

I wish that I could find a camera shop now that is even half as 
idiosyncratic as Alfredo's was in the 70's.

Allen



>Good ole Bob Ruby. As Sonny said, Bob was a mutual buddy down in New 
>Orleans.  Back in the '70's he was a singer from Minnesota who 
>somehow, despite no broadcasting experience, finagled his way into 
>being hired as the "morning man" at WWL Radio, the Crescent City's 
>50KW clear channel broadcasting behemoth. For a time, I was the news 
>announcer during his shift.
>
>Although critically acclaimed and publicly revered, Bob came to 
>detest broadcasting. Fed up with its Machiavellian politics, 
>Trumpesque egos and general Mortimer Snerdish idiocy, Bob quit "the 
>biz" after a couple of years to became a Ruth's Chris Steak House 
>franchisee in Houston.  As he left for Texas on a hot summer 
>afternoon from the WWL parking lot, he put his arm around me and 
>said, paternally, "You're a good guy. Don't let the bastards get you 
>down."
>
>He wasn't Socrates, but he was a darned fine friend.  I took 
>pictures of Bob, too, many years ago -- with my then newly acquired, 
>Alfredo Olivera sold and serviced (and beautifully black anodized) 
>Leica M4. Who remembers Alfredo's Cameras?
>
>I'm touched by the picture and impressed by the scan, Sonny.
>
>Craig
>Washington, DC
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