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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:43:56 +0000

[...] Fine. But I know what a rooster sounds like, and I have heard them all over Bushwick. Add in the bodegas and the occasional person dressed completely in white, and subtract the snow — have I come [...]

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:04:57 +0000

Now you’ll know what they’re saying if you’re ever in Miami and someone’s telling you where to get condoms.

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:36:20 +0000

HHHHHAAA!!!! Got it! The first one is the pharmacy with the red and beige color scheme and the second one tends to be blue and white. I think they’re the two most common pharmacies in my area of NC as well. I said it a couple of times and finally got it! FUNNY!

By: z.

z. — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:00:22 +0000

Heh. Hualgrin. :)

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:16:13 +0000

Haha, no, read those last two out loud. If you’re still stuck I’ll tell you what they are.

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:14:13 +0000

Whhooaaa, there partner! Corner stores have subcategories? I’m just getting my mind around the fact that many of the places I’ve been calling bodegas aren’t. This is getting complicated.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:31:52 +0000

Even in Miami we didn’t call every little market a bodega — they had to have certain products and be set up a certain way (a foggy method of definition, yes). If you could get shampoo there, it’s not a bodega. Stuff like that you get at “hualgrin” or “equer.” :-D

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:15:00 +0000

I know you ain’t tryin-a say ya’ll is tops!

LOL!!! Goya in the “high class” section! Santeria stories?!? HILARIOUS! I spit out my morning tea because I was laughing so hard. I don’t even know what yautios and boniatos are!

Ok, you’re right, my bodega definition may have been off. Now that you’ve operationalized the definition of bodega, maybe some of the places I considered bodegas really weren’t. I’ve been calling any store that doesn’t have a corporate headquarters outside of Bed-Stuy a bodega. You’re saying that it really comes down to inventory. I’ll do another informal census to tighten up my numbers, and you guys will be having the Bushwick Open Studios this weekend, right? That might give me a chance to get up there and make a comparison. :D And forget about my bodegas per capita stat, because having lots of high-density housing (aka the projects) will mess up my numbers and that stat will not really be reflective of the “bodega-ness” of my hood. I’ll start paying attention to number of bodegas per block.

Jimmy Legs, I’m surprised that with the gentrification of Harlem that many of those bodegas didn’t close down!

By: Jimmy Legs

Jimmy Legs — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:19:03 +0000

wasn’t there just that study that said the highest concentration of bodegas is in Harlem? we may have some big shoes to fill.