chinatown

[toastykitten]

I discovered that my dale carnegie class is really close to Chinatown. In fact, it's only a couple of streets down from Portsmouth Square. I decided to go exploring a little, and walk in the park a little. The old men playing Chinese checkers have now turned into old men playing cards - will we be playing Dai like them in 30, 40 years? The snack store with mysterious things such as packages of roasted crabs as small as your thumb, dried cuttlefish, salted fish, and dried prunes has been taken over by fake handbags. The snacks are still there, but probably not for much longer. I have never seen so many ugly handbags in my life. Some of the old dim sum places have gone out of business; a lot of Vietnamese and Thai restaurants have sprung up in places that used to be grocery stores, probably. If I had known about the Vietnames sandwich place there, I would have eaten there instead of at Quizno's. Ain't nothing like a $2 Vietnamese chicken sandwich.

Walking around Portsmouth reminded me of times my parents would go grocery shopping. Sometimes they would let us play in the Square by ourselves on the swings while they went shopping for fish or roast pork. I can't imagine them doing that now; all kids must be watched all the time these days.