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<\/a><\/p>\ndinner out down the street at Gaby’s, dinners out [or at least cooked] in the yard<\/p>\n
and those daily morning walks<\/p>\n until Saturday, hey; pier burning!\u00a0 Carboats fled and word has it that of course the price<\/p>\n of gas [Valero uses the pier] will go, um, up.\u00a0 Of course…particularly since the whole thing will be cordoned off and out of commission for endless “investigations” as we “pay at the pump”.<\/p>\n Pain at the pump, como lo usual, but at least it all blew in the other direction and Sunday was<\/p>\n brightly sunny for the next fiesta; familial birthday day time with the Mystery Dink, the<\/p>\n octogenarian*, another taco bar [not shown, also including enchiladas], my very fetching<\/p>\n grandniece Gabriella and her dad<\/a>, holding Bryan L. Moore at arm’s length [also seen in Kirk’s<\/a><\/p>\n commemorative slideshow with the late Lefty McDermitt] and, surprise [!], batteries,<\/p>\n though not suitable for the noir car<\/a> Nick rented, were heavily subsidized, everyone survived not only cava<\/a> and enchiladas but passion fruit raspberry tarts<\/a> and hopefully a good time was had<\/p>\n by all as the next day the weather turned extremely windy and cold. Dark initially though then,<\/p>\n though still windy and cold, not so dark.<\/p>\n Too windy for an old guy to be out on a bike so walked about a bit in sparkling light<\/p>\n finding things in the alley…<\/p>\n always a good default, things in the alley.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n