From the mailbag: "Just got the new Harry Potter book (for a friend...seriously) at the Duane Reade on Worth and Lafayette. I plucked it out of one of the opened boxes marked 'Do not open until July 21' and bought it with no hassle whatsoever. Embargoes are overrated."
From the mailbag, regarding the Times cafeteria: "We do have ice in the cafeteria! No soda machine, but there is ice—and it's free! For those in the building adrift without their ice, it's next to the popcorn machine." Thanks!
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