The morning haze had burned off, and in the noon light the brackish water appeared deceptively lovely, its surface undisturbed except for a single Jet Ski carving a white wake whose exhausted wavelets lapped at the riprap at the side of the road.

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After several blocks I came across a Wells Fargo bank branch lit in the full blaze of noon, its wide space and swaths of red and yellow bathed in useless light, as it is all through every night when there is power.

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His typical routine would be to wake up at noon, work from 2pm to 10pm, have dinner then go on a bike ride in the still-clear light, returning at 1am for a little dessert.

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