Stocktaking

One of the pleasant duties on return home is restocking the larder. Since New York is always changing, it also gives one a chance to take stock of changes. So walking to school from Porto Rico Coffee (without whose French Sumatra I would be lost), I noticed that Gray's Papaya on 8th Street is closed. I haven't been in ages, but the memory of its tasty hot dogs often made me regret my vegetarianism.