Sign of the times?

The handwritten message on the door of Bob's Java Jive last night proclaimed, “The Jive is Alive!”

But it wasn’t.  No lights illuminated the inside of the space, no neon glowed. No humans were about.

Guh?

Was I early? Not according to the sign, which said, “Open at 4:30.”  It was 7:30 on a Saturday night.

I was left baffled, and still am.

So, did the T-Town permitting deities revoke the permit for the place for some reason?  Did the Tacomans in despair of the “landmark” closing down forget to inhabit it, once it opened back up? Or was it just an off night, someone was sick and forgot to open the doors?

What’s the deal? â€" Jessica Corey-Butler