Amazing fossils, minerals and even meteorites, plus inspired jewellery, fill the walls and display cases of Mr Wood's, but from the outside, this unassuming standard bearer for the city's idiosyncratic independent shops is in danger of being overshadowed by the colourful vintagewear of nearby Armstrong's.
He had no entourage (a rarity by hip-hop standards) and appeared unassuming in a plain T-shirt and jeans.
The standard model, often represented as an unassuming 17-square chart, describes the fundamental subatomic particles that are the building blocks of all matter.
He performs in overalls, unassuming jeans, t-shirts, and what has become his standard snapback with a "3" on it to represent his hometown.
Like the rest of Asbury Park, the Bangs Avenue scene is welcoming and unassuming, but the Colonel's Kissing Booth (516 Summerfield Avenue; 732-455-3500) standardsstandards of friendliness.
The dangerous drinks can come from botched batches of home-distilled liquor, but they often have a more sinister origin; criminal gangs will cut standard alcohols with methanol and sell the resulting concoctions to unassuming customers for inflated profits.
At the top they rely on quietly determined bosses with a belief in high standards and discipline.One example is Darwin Smith, a chief executive of Kimberly-Clark, whose unassuming nature did not prevent him from taking dramatic decisions.
Yet their frames are slight and even flimsy by Western standards, possibly a sign of Russia's straitened cultural institutions; they give the show a pleasantly unassuming, uncluttered directness that is just right for its scale.
At $30 per book, and if Bennett is receiving in royalties the 15% that is standard in publishing, John's piece of the action would appear to have netted the once unassuming ghost-scribe well over two million dollars.
But after a couple of recent visits to this unassuming restaurant, where the sauces are excellent, the preparation reliably good and the menu a bit more than standard fare, I had to agree — it does stand apart.
