Antique Shop

Saturday night

I was attending a symposium on antiques, and the speaker was a black man, apparently in his early 30s. After his presentation, he was seated at a desk, and I walked up to meet him. I told him that there was a great antique store right downtown in Nashville, although the prices were a little high. He seemed puzzled, and asked me where it was. Suddenly, I couldn't remember the name of the street. I said, "You know, it's on the main drag; there's a Safeway on the left, and it's in a row of shops on the right, near a Baskin-Robbin's."

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No wonder I was making no sense; I was describing Harrison Street in Arlington. There's no antique shop there, either, by the way.