parking

At the gateway of the ramp, I take the ticket from the mechanism and slyly point out that we can go through the first level without being detected. My companion is skeptical but follows along as we pass through the gate without being stopped. On the other side, a woman in uniform stops us for confirmation and I show her… Continue reading parking

the breakfast date

[This is directly transcribed, without changes or edits, from a journal entry dated May 15th, 2001] ...and I am sitting there in Nate’s diner waiting for her to arrive. Finally, my time running short, I get up to leave. At the counter, the night shift waitress turns over the reign to the day shift. Nate stands, friendly and smiling wryly with… Continue reading the breakfast date