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Inside the Friendly Lounge, Felix Giordano, 66, with a sculpture he carved from a sawed off bit of a Christmast tree. His cousin sells these trees, so Felix gets enough wood each year to make a bunch of these, which are sold at $100 a pop. Another cousin owns the famous Giordano Market in the Italian Market.

Felix is wearing an ABC BAIL BONDS sweat shirt given to him by Don, the bartender, when Felix's apartment burnt down due to a defective microwave, itself a gift from Don.


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