55 days and counting.

See the goods.

For the past 16 months, I've walked by the same row of stores and restaurants on my way from the subway to school. One store stands out in particular, which sells a variety of vegetables and fish. An old Korean woman works there all day, she cleans her vegetables in the morning and watches TV in the afternoon. The most defining characteristic of this store, aside from the dried fish, is how she cleans her vegetables on the sidewalk and in the street. I often dodge her on the sidewalk, as she's moving between her store and the storm drain around the corner. The storm drain always has a little salad left over.