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How to Get to the Marreros' House by Sean Ryan
Ask Julio Marrero how to drive to his house. "Get off of I-76, go a mile or two, take a right at the big mall with the Lowe's, two more miles, then a left by the Outback, go three blocks, and we're on the left."

Ask his wife Florence how to drive to the house. "Okay, it's not too hard to find, no it's not. You're going on I-76, then you get off it, you go for two minutes, take a right by the Linens 'n Things, drive straight another couple of minutes, then you'll be going by a Daffy's, where you take a left, then you go three blocks, and we're the butterscotch colonial with eggshell trim."

Ask their son Manuel. "I-76. Exit, go one point five miles. Right at the Men's Wearhouse. Two miles straight. Left by the Wachovia. Three blocks, we're on the left."

Ask their other son Emilio. "MapQuest." Ask him again. "Fine... you get off 76 at the exit with the anarchy symbol. Then you go two miles and take a right at a big mall, but don't go in the pet store because everyone there's a total tool. You go two miles straight from there, going past the animal shelter. Dude, they'll just GIVE you a cat there, swear to God. Okay, so you take a left by this other mall, and this one's cool because there's no motion detectors around the back, and there's lots of these old wooden pallets you can rip apart and make weapons out of. After the left you go three blocks, you go over this tiny little stream that's cool for washing your hands if you're walking home and have stuff on them- and then you're at my house." 

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