Infiniti Communications on Fifth

The Botanica San Miguel & Anaisa  used to have some large & striking figures in the window, but some time back it became a Chinese restaurant.  The Psychic, however (once a Reader, but now an Advisor), is still working upstairs, and the fee is still five bucks.  It almost seems a bargain these days.

You have to go a couple of blocks further north, to the Botanica Universal Las Mercedes, to find a good array of religious figures these days.  I like looking in the window, but I haven't been inside for a long time.  I ought to, soon.  It's not for the faint-hearted, though: there's quite an array of fetishes and potions.  Designed for some serious business.  A tiny, wizened woman in a nun-like veil looked out at me accusingly as I took this picture of a not especially Halloween themed character, and even though I hold no religious beliefs, I did feel a flicker of unease as her eyes met mine. 

In between the two sites, I passed Jackie's Fifth Amendment, where an advisor on a different plane - a middle-aged guy standing at the bar's entrance - teetered a little as he passed on his own slurred message to a fellow drinker.  It was brief, and to the point.

"What it boils down to is this.  Keep your fuckin' mouth shut."