Lunch at a small counter spot on Pine where the soup felt honest and Alicia described her rice bowl as “fine in the way a spreadsheet is fine.” Noah sent me a photo from Harborlight Books showing a display labeled “books for when you need to be spoken to gently,” and honestly, I probably fit right in there. Maybe not romance, but it made me laugh into my lentil soup, which counts for something.

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