It's been years since I've been to Zum Stammtisch in Glendale, Queens. The QCLC used to go there on occasion, as it was one of the last good German restaurants in the area and we knew that all beers served there would be acceptable under the Reinheitsgebot (German Beer Purity Law). I have enjoyed many a good dinner there from the time I was attending college, and wanted to introduce RQS to some "stick to your ribs" German food. So, a visit to RQS's place was a perfect excuse for me to invite my brother to join us for an after work dinner.
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On Friday, I started running errands in order to prepare for an upcoming colonoscopy, as well as depositing a 401K distribution in my local bank. Now, I have enough money available to buy the new car that I put off buying due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated supply chain disruption. Unlike most times I've driven to RQS's place, I knew that I had to make it to her place before 4:30 pm, as people would not be moving their cars from their parking spots until Monday. (One can usually find a spot during the day on Saturday and Sunday. But with a winter storm coming, no one would want to risk not having a parking spot to last the weekend.) I was lucky - I found a spot in front of RQS's building, and there was no way I was going to leave before Sunday.
My brother arrived at RQS's place at 6:00, and we drove over to Zum Stammtisch for dinner. My brother had been to this place once (or, so he said), but this was RQS's first time there. So we sat down to enjoy a deceptively filling meal. About 2 hours, we finished our meal and it was time to go home for the night. And this was just as well, as both of us fell asleep before the 11 pm news.
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I have nothing much to say about Saturday, as we didn't bother to go out of the apartment for anything. But Sunday was something else. I had to leave, and start getting things ready for my colonoscopy prep to start on Monday. So, I packed up my stuff and left for home with a quick stop at Stew Leonard's along the way. Looking at the road, I noticed that NYC had been spared the brunt of the storm. But as I crossed into Westchester, snow had stuck on the ground. By the time I got home, I figure that there was 3 inches of the white stuff on the ground near my place. I can only imagine what it was like further North and West of here....
