Crystal Clean is very very clean kind of clean. Hmmm, shiny pink balloon letters. On 8th Avenue in South Slope. While the laundry lathers, you can go get coffee at Ladybird or drop in Pumpkins Organic Market and get an organic lollipop. You can peruse the film selection at The Reel Life South and hopefully they are more congenial than they used to be.

Here in the 5 boroughs of NYC these places are part of our lives, a place we visit regularly, hangover or no. Another kind of watering hole. Things happen there: socks disappear, we prepare for another week, cel phones get ruined and once in a while, maybe, people hook up. And these places often photograph very well.

The laudercenter on Prospect Park West between 16th and Windsor works the red and white combo. Photographed on Halloween 2007, a beautiful evening. I love the way the e's look like backwards 3. They also look like sideways butts or boobs depending on your preference. I enjoy the ultra clean way the white chair looks against the orange/red panels. I am quite sure it really wasn't that clean. My son went in to trick or treat but couldn't find anyone. A few minutes later a man came out with candy but it seemed like my son had lost interest by then. The drama of the missed connection plays out once again.