gentrification
Journey to the end of the Bangka night
“Handsome guys! Beautiful women! 929 is broken! Thank you for your patronage!”
The swastika incident at my Chicago high school
There was an assembly for students, a walk-out, and a “Community Conversation.”
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The rock shops, the gift shops, the joke shops, and the bargain basement clothes shops were closed
The charity shops, the betting shops and the bars were open.
My Airport: VNY
As Billy said philosophically to welcome us to the neighborhood: “There are better places to live, there are worse places to live.”
I voted in the auditorium that had doubled as our cafeteria
Then I walked to the Metro station through my suburb to what my mother always ironically referred to as its “beating, pulsing heart."
Geckos aren’t particularly active during the day, but are prone to “leaps of faith”
He landed with a surprising smack on the board, between two game pawns.
My Airport: Karachi
There’s just a handful of airlines that still make it to Pakistan, so even the wealthiest of Jinnah International’s patrons have limited options.
