From my office window on the seventh floor, I look down and see someone dressed as a giant Quiznos soda cup, standing at the corner of East-West Highway and Waverly Street, handing out what I think are coupons. In Manhattan, one doesn’t think twice about street hawkers, even ones dressed as fast-food items. On a plain, commercial block in downtown Bethesda, however, a roving soda cup is surreal.
I look down to the street again, and it’s gone. Inanimate object on the loose, armed with money-saving coupons!