Children nervously pace the sidewalk. Parents laugh and whine. Suburbanites caked in glitter invade the city. The smell of make-up and cologne linger on street corners.
The anticipation is almost overwhelming.
Clowns ride bikes. Jocks toss footballs and Frisbee’s in the streets. Old men push ice cream carts. Tricycles bounce from curbside to curbside. Festive onlookers [...]
Posts Tagged ‘convenient store’
Convenient store II
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged convenient store, Feet Week, Peterson's, porn, Rose Festival on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Working at the convenient store #1
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged clerk, convenient store, cops, Denver, gangsters, graveyard, scratch-off tickets on June 28, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Working graveyards in a convenient store is one of the strangest things you can ever do. Things you can’t imagine happen. Even worse, things you can’t image happen and you have to deal with them.
One of the more intriguing groups to frequent the store was the scratch ticket junkies. Mostly, but not all were [...]
