They are authoritative without seeming threatening, and helpful with directions. The old colonial buildings with the auto part stores on the first floor need paint, but have a gothic charm. A new President takes office in March. The soccer team is going to the Olympics. Wine is available at soda fountains.
Steaks are the size of hats and cost four dollars.
The intent of her temporary residence in the house, she says, was to present a work of art on the general themes of privacy and surveillance. Of course what happened is that a crowd gathered every day for her bath, people looked at her while she was naked, then left. This was New Hampshire. A block away is a coffee house called the Caf Haiti, part of a chain which in retrospect follows a fairly obvious business plan. This means it is exactly like any other caf in the city, except that the waitresses serve espresso in their underwear.