Architectural Salvage

[1. a rack of ceramic doorknobs, looking somewhat like a package of white mushrooms in the produce aisle. 2. ornate hinges of indeterminate age.]

Nor'east Architectural Antiques is an architectural salvage business, a sort of Salvation Army store for bits and pieces of old houses. Lisa heard about this place from Bill and Jennifer, and it turns out to be just a short walk away from our house. We visited the store a few days ago, to browse at benches and transom windows. I found a venerable "Bezzera" espresso machine, a dystopian copper monolith which looks like a misplaced prop from David Lynch's Dune:

The heraldic crest of a snake devouring a man is connected to the city of Milan. It also appears on half of the Alfa Romeo badge.

[Ex-ter-mi-nate! EX-TER-MI-NATE!]