And, I ask over tea in his brightly hued Brooklyn apartment, did you insist on your way?

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When I walked through the El Golf neighborhood, I peeked in the windows at the Brooks Brothers and Mercedes dealership and the brightly lighted Northface store that is housed at the end of a glass walkway on the first floor of the W Hotel tower.

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Fisher-Price, which I remember as the maker of all things magically miniature but wonderfully life-like (that brightly-colored farmhouse, the chunky airplane, and the car parking lot with elevator were my favorites), is fully in the app business.

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Certainly, the glossy photo of the pristine, brightly-lit interior of the club house is misleading, since on the occasion I went in, the lighting was so substandard it was a struggle to avoid bumping into tables and chairs but then that was in the early hours of the morning.

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