Oh yeah: Plaid Pantry = every convenience store. Yeah it was called "Plaid" unironically and was around way before the grunge movement.

I'm a big fan of that jury-rigged-dolly-as-bike trailer. I can see lots of potential for that.

If it's St. Patricks Day the way it was like in Milwaukee, WI that wouldn't be surprising. Like Chicago, they make the river green and open carry laws (walking only) disappear for 24 hours and the bars stay open. My then-brother-in-law called me at 5AM on St. Patricks Day one year and had been drinking since he'd gotten off work, probably around midnight. He was already intoxicated when I met him and I saw him drink some 60-odd shots of whiskey in addition to beer and mixed drinks throughout the day, which continued until around midnight. I think I had 2 beers that day. And he had to work at 6AM the next morning and was fine. He might not be family anymore, but I admire his liver, or lack thereof.

Oh yeah, the point of that story: we lived within the city but in a very residential neighborhood, but the city's got a bunch of bars that are/were just houses at one point and a lot of families and stuff. A stranger puking and passing out on your front lawn in front of your kids was pretty commonplace.