My notebook map omits more alleyways and side streets than I expected–half a dozen so far. But never before have I found a street not known to Google maps, at least until Ellie and I discovered Severn Street.
Severn is an unpaved alleyway between Church and Chattanooga extending north from 23rd. A strip of grass divides two dirt tire tracks, overgrown trees and bushes crowd on all sides, and plump raspberries cry, “eat me!” A grassy clearing near the end hides two large wicker chairs. That would be a good place to sit on a Sunday afternoon, I thought, drinking mint juleps and speaking in fake southern drawls.