"It could be: it's the sort of place where the unexpected tends to become the expected," he says with a smirk, as he leads the way along the street, then around a corner, past a clothing boutique with a Love Day themed window display - hearts and Cipuds and rose petals strewn about - then past a high end cafe with a similar display, only with red and pink cupcakes, then around another corner to a basement entryway opening out of the sidewalk, purple lights twined about the railings.