Anchor: I could not help rejoicing that, for once, one of his "little ideas" had come to naught. 
Entailed: The author is happy that the idea did not come to fruition.
Contradiction: The author wishes that the idea had come together.
Contradiction: The father and son are working.
Contradiction: There is a subway.
Contradiction: It's the kind of place where your biggest decision is where to shoot some clay pigeons. 
Contradiction: A girl is holding a toothbrush.