Walking home from the gym, stopped in Steve’s C-Town, the Supermarket for Savings, to get some black grapes, a thing of strawberries, a carton of milk, three tomatoes on the vine, and—today’s impulse buy—a can of La Siquista artichoke hearts. On to Uprising, where the cutest of the cute hippie boys, all dark hair and light eyes, was behind the counter. I’ll take a loaf of the country French, but would I also like a second loaf for a dollar? Ummnnnyes—and clearly, it’ll be the dark chocolate cranberry.

Along Ninth Street, the setting sun cuts a swatch of light across the tops of the brownstones.

Have to run; the Saturday night party circuit begins shortly.