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Other news from the land of sunshine and the sunburned mind:
I am frustrated by Fongs. There is an excellent cavernous old antique shop in Chinatown called Lai Fong (named after a picture bride from Canton). For the past week-and-a-half I have had an overwhelming urge to go to Lai Fong. I attain the big bay window storefront, mysterious and dim beneath the brilliant sun, see the dragon lady red script LAI FONG in the white stucco facade over the iron awning, note with joy that the 30s Deco lights appear to be lighted, my heart soars-- and falls to earth beneath the padlocked front doors.
I look at the handwritten notice listing the store hours.
I phone during store hours. No one answers. Except for one day, when they tell me they're closing at noon because of the holidays.
I try dropping by unannounced, during store hours. This guerilla tactic fails.
Alas, I remain deprived of Lai Fong.
More on this quest as the plot unfolds.
I am frustrated by Fongs. There is an excellent cavernous old antique shop in Chinatown called Lai Fong (named after a picture bride from Canton). For the past week-and-a-half I have had an overwhelming urge to go to Lai Fong. I attain the big bay window storefront, mysterious and dim beneath the brilliant sun, see the dragon lady red script LAI FONG in the white stucco facade over the iron awning, note with joy that the 30s Deco lights appear to be lighted, my heart soars-- and falls to earth beneath the padlocked front doors.
I look at the handwritten notice listing the store hours.
I phone during store hours. No one answers. Except for one day, when they tell me they're closing at noon because of the holidays.
I try dropping by unannounced, during store hours. This guerilla tactic fails.
Alas, I remain deprived of Lai Fong.
More on this quest as the plot unfolds.
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