Never take advice from anyone.
2025-10
It's getting cold and I don't own a jacket, so I had to go shopping for one. The only clothing places around me are vintage shops. I went to one of them. The same on I saw a guy pull up with a van with the back filled with dirty clothes in a pile.
I don't get it. Do people shop at these places because the style is not available anymore? Or because the materials used are different/better? What happens if you find something and it doesn't fit? That's it. You can't get another size.
I asked the spring chicken at the front why people shop at vintage stores, and she looked at me like I just pulled out a gun. I didn't listen to what she said. I bought a jacket and don't like it.
So I said let me go to a real store and get one. I went to one of the stores on Broadway. I hated it. Too many options, too many people, some kinda incense, googoogaga music, flashing lights, you name it. Couldn't even see straight. I almost tossed. Then one of the jabronis working there ask if I need help. Do I look like I need help? If anything, you need help.
Here's an idea: A simple store. Only one option of each item, maybe a few different colors and sizes, but nothing crazy. That's it. And if I'm there everyone else has to leave.
2025-10
Was getting lunch when I heard some the people next to me talking about if Chinatown will "survive".
Most of the residents I see around here are 60+ years old. There's not many families. I've seen some things around for community preservation efforts, but I'm not sure how well they will work out. From its already reduced size, I think Chinatown will shrink 50% in 10 years, and 80% in 20 years. It will keep shrinking, just like Little Italy, and before that the Irish and Germans communities. They just get smaller and smaller until they are a single block filled with tourist restaurants.
2025-9
What the fuck is a lafufu?