Oh, Allison — when you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go...to chinatown.

it's a common saying among these parts. every day you'll have more illumination on why.

Elvis Costello references are not just welcome but encouraged.

Oh, Allison.

Otherwise known as a chronicle of the (mis)adventures of a latter-day Dona Quixote.

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when you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go...to chinatown.

Doug:: so i was just reading the overheard in dc post from dcist
: and there was this
: On the Yellow line traveling from Archives to Gallery Place this week
Confused foreign tourist woman:: "... but I thought Chinatown was in San
: Francisco!"
me:: hahahahahaha
Doug:: THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT MY MOM SAID WHEN IN NEW YORK
me:: WHAAAAT????
: WHAAAAAAAAT
Doug:: but replace san fransisco with DC
me:: WHAAAAAAAT
: oh my god.
Doug:: when i was talking about chinatown
me:: oooh my god.
: retaaaarded.
: chinatown in dc = one block of fake chinese letters
Doug:: she was like "wait we are in new york, isn't chinatown in dc?"
: i knowwww
me:: whoooa
: wow
Doug:: welcome to linda's world
me:: when I was three, I was confused because downtown new york and downtown annapolis were both referred to as downtown, but I thought it just meant they were all in some secret downtown underground railroad... even three year old allison was smarter than linda ticker
: I understood there could be more than one downtown

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