Coffee shop near the jail

I don’t need to dine there. The reflections, plants, and tabletops are enough for me.

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Get with the season

I’ve had Christmas burnout since Election Day, but I want the merchants to get it right: put away the pumpkins, already! And if it’s liquor you’re selling, don’t enlist the kids to decorate the decorations. What’s next, cartoon stickers on the bottles?

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Luchador mask

Getting in the Halloween spirit with a giant lucha libre mask in the paper store’s window. For some, Mexican wrestling combines the best possible things: men in tights, brawling, and colorful masks, which make it seem more fun and less contrived than wrestling in the US.

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Join the yacht club

Membership is open to anyone, the nearest boat is half a mile away, and the Gowanus is a local toxic canal that was recently superfunded. Get it? Good, because beer is the safest drink around here and the next round is on you.

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South of here

I’m trying to get home and my house is somewhere south of this street fair on Smith Street… how do these things work?

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Oaxaca Tacos is open

On Smith Street, half the restaurants were closed today – the Monday thing. Tough luck for people who are ready to spend money and get some food. Fortunately Oaxaca Tacos was open.

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Every neighborhood gets a food truck

Back in the day we had to cook our own food or go to the store. It was tough, man! Now all you have to do is point at what you want to eat, then pay. This halal food truck is parked near the President Street stations of the F and G Trains. The food looks okay, as long as you like tomatoes and onions, which appear in almost every picture.

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Swaddled zucchini

Swaddled and coddled, these zucchini are ready for their bedtime story. Shhhh… Gentle treatment today will mean they will be more tender in the ratatouille tomorrow.

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Leg warmers ahead

These leg warmers are the brightest thing on the block. I don’t think leg warmers would have made a fashion comeback were it not for skinny jeans and leggings – the leg warmers can cover the awkward collision of shoe-tops and pants.

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Faded fades (a haircut chart)

They don’t appear to be a very happy bunch. I think haircut charts exist partly to set the scene and decorate the barber shop. Do customers point and say, Gimme one of those?

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