The next night, I will check out a nearly invisible restaurant, Pecchiarda, which thrives down an unpromising, rock-strewn alley.
The city of Quetta, Pakistan, has thrived down the centuries as a center for commerce on the ancient Silk Road and the home of tribal groups whose loyalties bowed neither to the sword of invaders nor to the demands of governments.
They sought to thrive down the left, in particular, with Marco Reus and Mario Götze taking early turns to test Cyrus Christie, the right-back gaining his third cap in place of the injured Seamus Coleman.
Therefore, the country that uses this crisis to make its population smarter and more innovative — and endows its people with more tools and basic research to invent new goods and services — is the one that will not just survive but thrive down the road.
Despite the bleak terrain and often inhospitable climate, Quetta has thrived down the centuries as a center for commerce on the ancient Silk Road stretching from Persia to China and the home of tribal groups whose loyalties bowed neither to the sword of invaders nor the demands of governments.
And it's no wonder such diverse life forms are able to thrive down there.
In the meantime, businesses continue to thrive down the street near a big-box store, local schools continue to grow, and more housing options are going up in the remaining vacant lots in the neighborhood.
A spider plant sat on a stereo speaker, still in its plastic pot, the soil dry and hard yet with a pale shoot thriving, growing down to the shag carpet, as if it might find a way to root in the fibres.
