While eating dinner in this dinner, I noticed the red and blue neon lights over the counter reflecting on the ceiling and combining with the white lights to give the place its red, white, and blue identity. After the dishes had been cleared I got up, walked to the back of the room, and waited for backlit people to enter my frame. A number did, but it was finally the man in the iconic wide brim hat that gave the image a human touch and a rough and ready mood. The mood is one of timelessness. This image could well have been made in the 1920s or 30s, the golden age of neon.