The Attila Driving School and the Modern Flower Stall

All you need to do sometimes for fun in the city is just get yourself to the corner. The other day I was there and waiting for the light to change. I happened to look at one of the cars also waiting and the driver side door said "Attila Driving School". Does it attract a certain clientele? Perhaps those who wish to take no prisoners of pedestrians. And then, several months ago but my illness intervened before I could write about it, the flower stand on the corner changed hands and for several days all the green boards of shelving were taken down, cut up, reassembled in various layouts, then finally reassembled exactly as they were and painted a darker shade of green. While all the sawing and assembling was happening, my wife asked why. He was, the new owner/operator said, making a "modern" flower stand. It has been joined, on the other stand, by a modern cheap toys bazaar, which features a blonde doll the proprietor keeps wound up so the doll is waving her arms and legs as she lies on her stomach. Must work. The original one sold and today he had two more. For a few days there was also an outdoor fruit stand, but that -- despite me spending a dollar once for three good bananas -- seems to have folded.