Note: A longer version of this piece originally appeared in 3QuarksDaily.com I don’t remember his name, but he was tall and had a large Adam’s apple. He was gangly and wore glasses. If memory serves, he’d studied at Columbia, or at least some school that sounded really fancy to a fifteen year old kid
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ill drives slow, so by the time we rolled up, the details were left to the valet. Hell with it; at only $4 plus tip, it’s cheaper than a pint of beer at the Hipster bar down the block from my house. I’d stuffed myself on egg rolls and shrimp lo mein on the way up, so I was non-plussed to find Irish gorging himself on pot-stickers, salad, and some remorseless entree, the details of which now escape me. I slurped a ginger ale through a straw. Newbie Neighbor had already trundled off to meet his fate at the tables.
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