I was photographing a set of historic facades lining a busy French Quarter neighborhood as this group of tourists entered my frame. They stopped and waited for me to make my picture. I waved them through, and caught one of them as she surged ahead of her friends. I place her squarely within a time-worn space -- the wall at her shoulder has seen empires come and go over the last 400 years. She folds her arms as she walks towards my lens and seems to be considering the age of the place as she passes through it. The jocular, softly focused people behind her do not seem to be on the same trip at this moment.