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June 30, 2006
Bait and Switch
I stood outside Noel's office on Georgia Avenue, waiting for him to meet me for lunch. But, bespectacled as I was in my large sunglasses, I was actually enjoying a healthy, covert round of people-watching.
The far lanes of traffice were at a stoplight, and cars had accumulated to where they were even with my line of vision. In the farthest right hand lane, a young black man pulled up in a maroon Lincoln, popped up on twenties, windows down, and chrome rims glistening in sunlight. He looked at me, I looked at him from behind my UV protective shield, and we nodded in mutual acknowledgement of the other's existence.
Then, another car slid into place in the near lane, blocking my view of the Lincoln: a silvery-green Ford Five Hundred, the almost-luxury vehicle of the everyman, with a clean cut, twenty-something white guy behind the wheel. His shirt was lavender, and his tie coordinated; he was that clean cut. His windows were rolled down as well, an arrangement that allowed everyone within a half block radius to hear the throbbing bass of an unidentified rap song that made copious use of the word "hustlin'." He looked at me, I looked at him, and he nodded. Though, on second thought, that might have just been him keeping time to the beat.
The light turned green, and the Ford Five Hundred sped away. The Lincoln pulled out a bit more slowly. He looked at me, I looked at him, and we smirked.
People-Watching | By elissa | 09:26 AM
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Some might call that flirting . . .
Posted by: cool J at June 30, 2006 10:18 AM
Ah, yes, the "nodding" flirtation technique. I hear that's huge with the kids these days.
Posted by: elissa at June 30, 2006 02:55 PM
