Scenes from the (re) movable feast

• On Hogan Place at Centre St, in front of some imposing Gothic municipal structure, a line of gaunt older Asian people lined up, plastic bags in hand, to receive some sort of food handout being distributed by civil servants and groovers at a leisurely pace out of the back of an unmarked white van.
• At a Vietnamese place (New Pasteur Restaurant) on Baxter, the waiter convinces us to order some south Asian greens with a name like "Sum Choy." It is OK, though soft-shell crabs are somehow tastier. The lemongrass squid "rice dish" costed only 5 bucks.
• At the Klatch on Maiden Lane this morning, the blondes who act like you should be honored to be served by somehow haven't figured out that when you toast a muffin, you should cut it in half before putting it in the toaster oven. That would really put them out.