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another inexplicable thing

Somehow a toilet found its way over a tall fence along the highway and onto a hard, dry slope at the cemetery. That seems like a lot of effort on someone’s part, but admittedly my experience at disposing of toilets is very limited.

San José Cemetery
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2023

the frontier

I can’t imagine a world where there’s not a Frontier Restaurant in Albuquerque; it’s been right there on the corner of Central Avenue and Cornell Avenue since I can remember*. It’s good. It’s cheap. It’s open long hours. And (as you can see here) they bus the tables for you.

The Frontier Restaurant
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2023

*Never you mind how long that is.

sale

Back in the day when I lived in Albuquerque, this was a fancy office building. The subsequent decades have not been especially kind to the building and I would no longer consider it “fancy” by any known metric.

Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2023

tulsa’s best

Well, obviously that sign wouldn’t say the burgers and malts here are Tulsa’s best unless that was a verifiable fact.

I have not had a malt here, but the burger I had for lunch the other day was the best burger I had that day. I can’t decide if that really helps bolster the sign’s claim, but I stand by my assessment.

Tulsa, Oklahoma
photographed 4.9.2023

indian joe

The name of the place seems a little cringey.

But look at the way the sunlight reflects off the broken windshield.

Tulsa, Oklahoma
photographed 4.9.2023