walked to ben & jerrys to use the bathroom. employee gave directions to the public bathroom, inside some kind of mall with an antique store we’d just passed. there was a gathering of middle-aged women standing outside the bathroom. one of us asked if they were in line. one lady said ‘i don’t know, it’s for both men and women, but there’s a guy in there right now.’ the door was open. a man’s voice from inside the bathroom said ‘you can come in, it’s unisex.’ allie and i walked in. the man was peeing in a urinal. i peeked over the top of a stall and watched allie walk away as the man said something like ‘there’s a spot if you know how to use a urinal.’ exited bathroom and allie entered. heard atonal, single-note piano noises coming from the hall. alec was standing at the piano. the lid was mostly closed. he said ‘i’m playing my song.’ i started playing ‘heart and soul’ and he said ‘oh that’s an actual song.’ i couldn’t see the keys. alec must’ve walked into the bathroom and allie came out. we talked about the urinal thing and looked at a mounted black-and-white photo of about 60 people sitting and standing in lines. the picture was from the 1940’s but i forget when. it was captioned ‘[something] clam bake, [date].’ i pointed at a group of three darker-skinned people and said ‘they probably had to cook.’ allie and i looked mostly quietly at the picture, sometimes pointing at the funny expressions of people not-yet accustomed to the idea of photographs. alec came out of the bathroom. he said ‘you’re still here!’ we said things about the antique store/mall containing the bathroom, how strange it seemed that it was in business. there was a telephone booth for sale. i said ‘the first iphone.’

walked on a dock, behind a man and child. allie said ‘yeah let’s put our feet in the water.’ at the end of the dock, some kind of sign adverstised a tour or ferry. inflatable boats were tied to the dock. alec or allie said the inflatable boats take you to your yacht. there was a little debate about if we were allowed to be walking on the dock. i said ‘ey, this is public property over here, we’re walkin’ ere.’ we started saying variations of ‘ey this is public property over ere’ to each other. it was really funny. felt aware of the man and child passing us, and seemed to disappear at some point. alec and allie stood at the edge of the dock. the light was really pretty. i said i wanted to take a picture and i did. allie took out a cigarette. alec said he wanted a cigarette and i gave him my e-cigarette, then allie gave him a real one.