It is hot here, and full of expats. For the second breakfast of the day, The Cargo Club offers a balcony to hide in. The paint is left to peel on purpose. To sweeten the coffee a girl leaves a saucer of condensed milk. The croissant is crab-shaped. At noon I visit a seamstress named Trinh, who measured me the day before for an ao dai in teal silk.
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notes by scribblerbean 
“paint is left to peel on purpose” is telling isn’t it?
I wasn’t sure if I was being unkind…but the atmosphere was really quite lovely.
I felt it painted an “atmospheric” picture and did not think it was being critical at all
Thanks! So glad that phrase came across the way I wanted it to.