I haven't seen my friend Maria for over a year, and today was the chance to say hello and catch up with her for a few minutes. The catch, the spa she owns with two partners is up in Kingston, NY, and we were in Croton. So going to see her for a few minutes may not have been a cost effective trip. But it was one I wanted to do to stay in contact with a person I think is worth the effort to know.
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RQS and I got up late, and by the time we left the apartment was 3:15 pm. This meant we could easily make it to the spa by 4:30 - 5:00 pm, and be able to have a leisurely drive home. However, we forgot one thing - traffic. Even with traffic, we were in Kingston (after a couple of stops) around 5:00 pm, and got to the address which was given to google maps. One problem - the link I was sent had two addresses: the address of the business and the address of one of the owners of the business. Guess where google sent us? Certainly not to where we wanted to go, but to a nondescript home in one of Kingston's residential districts.
Once I realized we had a problem, I manually entered the spa's address, and google sent us through the back roads to get to the spa. And even then we had a little bit of confusion before we got to the spa. As we arrived, I mentioned that we were looking for Maria, and I was greeted warmly by Maria. She introduced us to her boyfriend (when is he going to make her an "honest woman?") and showed us around the place. Then RQS received a complimentary 15-minute facial before we left for home. Hopefully, Maria will fit us into her schedule sometime early in the new year.
Instead of taking the thruway back home, we came down Route 9. Even though it was pitch black outside, it was nice to see the lights in Rhinebeck on for the holidays. On the way back, we stopped into a store to pick up a few sundries, and then stopped off at the bank and the supermarket before reaching home for the night.
Hard to believe that we'll be on our cruise soon!!!!
