Click to enlarge. Photo by Walker DeVille

This man be smokin’ along Virginia Street in front of the Charleston Newspapers building one day last week.

Click to enlarge. Photo by Walker DeVille

Well, c’est pas Paris. But at least there are a few café-style table scattered hither and yon up and down Capitol Street in downtown Charleston. With the trees in full-sprout on a recent sunny afternoon, the street is a pleasurable stroll.