time periods

here are the time periods/places i am considering: 1926 - new york city - a diner --> the front steps of a brownstone in the east 60s --> the bathroom of an apartment --> a train station --> a train station bathroom 1940 - los angeles - walking along the side of a road slightly outside the city itself --> in a drug store looking for something --> in a sprawling mansion chasing an errant dog --> by the beach 1959 - chicago - getting hit over the head with a mallet in a grocery store --> riding the elevated train and encountering a bum --> getting stopped by a police officer while walking through a nice residential neighborhood 1963 - dallas, texas - a fruitless search for nachos --> peeing in a sink at the local high school --> getting lost in an office building --> scaring residents of an apartment complex --> making fun of jfk at a drive-in movie 1974 - any college campus - sitting in the university library --> walking around the grounds drunk --> drinking more in the woods --> waking up somewhere (revise this later) 1988 - new jersey --> a dentists office on the eve of the NKOTB concert --> at a large shopping mall --> in the arcade --> on the bus to the city --> in an office building --> getting mugged outside the office building 1995 - outside emporia, kansas - doing absolutely nothing --> smoking crack and trying to recite spice girls songs verbatim --> calling random numbers with a pay phone --> rappin with some white boys at mcdonald's 2001 - bethesda, maryland - eating crab cakes on a front porch --> stuck in traffic for an hour on the beltway --> cooking mac and cheese in a fire station's kitchen --> drinking cough syrup in a GAP while looking for socks