The floors in both of the upper stories seemed to be unfinished hardwood. That would not surprise me at all since it is what was in my Downtown House.... The ceiling was cracked and damaged on the upper floor and the floor had water damage. Again I knew from my own house that it could be repaired by the 'Few'. It wouldn't be easy or free, but it could be done reasonably.I checked the stairs in the rear and they were in very good condition. There had never been a real elevator, only a manual hoist. She saw the photograph of a braided girl, map in her hands, standing above snow covered rooftops.Suddenly, she recognized the girl. Indeed, it happened to be an old photograph of herself!In fact, Eve still remembered the day and night she first visited Brooklyn quite clearly. She had traveled to Brooklyn by bus in search of her Russian roots. That first night she had trudged through dirty slush and a howling wind to find the Brooklyn Banya.The brass door opened as she approached. A heavily. You get the drinking buddy vote. Just don’t start any wars while you’re mayor, okay?” Jim laughed.Suddenly Theo was facing me. He’d rotated his bar stool my direction. “Howdy buddy. Any chance you’d vote a auto mechanic in as mayor?”My eloquent and succinct answer to my new friend was, “Huh?”I did vote for him as soon as I saw his name really was on the next ballot. Theo had been busy. He won by a landslide. Didn’t hurt that the next day the sitting mayor was arrested in an unrelated matter. The tables were of mahogany and covered with spotless white linens."This is definitely not Denny's," Helen said as they were led to their table near the center of the room by an actual snooty French maitre d."Nope," Jake confirmed. "This is at least up there with Black Angus."Jake had tried to call Nerdly and Sharon to see if they wanted to come along for the experience, but they had neither answered their room phone nor responded to knocks on the door that connected Jake and Helen's suite with.