Some New Trend

SECRET SMOOTHIE :: BY KEVIN WILDER

10:40 a.m. TURNING AT THE BAYOU BOULEVARD and Cervantes intersection, I get a message from Donnie:

 traffik backed up at the beach

Waited awhile but ropes blocking us off red tide warnings 

or something

I’m taken aback, both for Donnie’s improved grammatical accuracy and for the message itself. The beach has been on my mind for days, and this doesn’t look good. I point the Honda west, and redirect my route to Twin Pines Mall. Not like there’s anywhere else to go. 

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