Elephant Town Chapter 3 (pages 13-15

Late to the party to say that our weather is currently either "apocalypse sky" or "can't breath the air smoky". Yay San Francisco! If I could attach pics here I'd show you. :)

Toaster oven.

Danielle Corsetto

ahahahaha!

Minzoku Bokumetsu

ah yes, the Spanish-speaking country of Maryland with its Scan-it checkout lanes with español voice options (I srsly would select that just because the English was getting on my nerves x 6 active lanes of it)

Danielle Corsetto

Aaaahahahaha!! If I "recuerdo"ed how to speak in past tense, I'd say that I didn't know Giant stores were in Spanish-speaking countries!

Minzoku Bokumetsu

all that me recuerda muy bien esta "Recuerde retinar el recibo. Gracias por contrar en Giant."

Danielle Corsetto

Ooh interesting! I'm pretty sure Berto's apartment is a code violation, but luckily that fits in nicely with the background story on his landlord. ;)

William Cole

This seems similar to what got called a bedsit (bed-sitting room) in Dublin when I was there ca. 1990 (there was a dreadful shortage of student-type housing at the time and landlords took full advantage. Bedsits were later outlawed in Ireland).

Ruth Merriam

Yay for Google Translate! Berto really is the consummate romantic. Perhaps he composed a song for their anniversary?

Ruth

That's wild. I can't imagine not even being able to heat up a frozen pizza in your own apartment.

Danielle Corsetto

Haha, no recuerdo mucho, tambien. ... tampoco? Either!

Danielle Corsetto

Oh wow, I just read the kitchen part and now I'm wondering how they were allowed to call that old apartment an efficiency! Back when I looked at it, it didn't have ANY kitchen amenities!

Danielle Corsetto

The IRL apartment Berto lives in was the first *I'd* ever heard of it, too! When I went back to take reference photos, they'd upgraded it from an efficiency to a two-room mini-apartment with a tiny kitchen where the bathroom used to be (the bathroom is now just half the size it used to be).

Boum

I was wondering the same, does he not have a sink at all? First time hearing about efficiency apartments!

Ruth

Thank you! That really helps me imagine Berto's whole living situation lol. I thought he was living in a hotel room or something.

Sarah Manx

Yes! This has a decent explanation. https://www.apartmentlist.com/renter-life/differences-between-studio-and-efficiency-apartments

Ruth

Is an efficiency a type of apartment?

Minzoku Bokumetsu

ahhhh recuerdo no mucho recuerde? recue....rr.......something

Ken

LOVED putting my DuoLingo lessons to use in this one! Excited for more!