Frank Orlando

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There are four different liquor stores on Grand Avenue between 69th Street and Queens Blvd. Each one carries Old Dog bourbon for about the same price. About once a week Dante becomes a customer to one of these establishments on his way home from work. Which one he chooses is dependent on parking availability. The first one with an easy spot to pull into is the winner. If there are no spots near the first three, the final option, Lady Bea Liquors is located in front of the Q58 bus stop so although risking a summons, there will be a spot. The day Dante engages in this weekly act of consumerism is determined simply by his supply. When the bottle is finished, he buys another. Sometimes it is five days, sometimes seven and on particularly stressful or celebratory weeks it may be three.