RQS lives on a street with Alternate Side of the Street parking. When I arrived on Friday, I parked on the wrong side of the street for short term convenience, knowing that I'd have to move my car again if I wanted to stay over until Monday morning. Well, Sunday came, and I planned to stay over.
Around 3:30 pm, we went out to move the car. It was in front of the building next door, and I had to move it to an opposite side of the street. (Her side is no parking on Monday/Thursday mornings, while the other side is no parking on Tuesday/Friday mornings.) We got very lucky. There was a good open spot right around the corner. So, I parked there before we headed to the supermarket.
The area of Queens we were in borders Brooklyn, and this is one of many neighborhoods in NYC where per-consolidation street grids clash. The bus route that RQS takes to the subway was established when trolleys ran between Brooklyn and Queens, and had to be changed slightly when some awkward intersections were taken off the street grid. As a result, the main bus route that takes us to a key subway station makes a strange zig-zag before it crosses Myrtle Avenue. For us, we didn't need to do the zig-zag, as we could walk along the path the road once took and cross Myrtle Avenue without problems, on our way to the supermarket.
The Ridgewood, Glendale and Bushwick neighborhoods are undergoing ethnic change. Gone are the days when both Ridgewood and Glendale were German neighborhoods, although some traces of this still remain in a few stores which were founded during that era. Now, the Spanish speaking community has moved into some of the blocks while others are being gentrified. Gone are the days when one could rent a 2 bedroom apartment for under $2,000. Given the going rate in RQS's area, I don't know how any newcomers can afford to live there. But I digress.
We reached the supermarket and picked up some things to have with our leftovers meal that evening. We had a sweet tooth for Ice Cream Sandwiches, so we picked up some Klondike Cookies & Cream. Then, we picked up an apple pie before walking back to RQS's place. Sadly, neither of these items were to our liking. We prefer Fat Boy's Ice Cream Sandwiches to Klondike's. And the apple pie was best left forgotten, the brand never to be purchased again.
Were the leftovers good? Yes. Was it worth staying over an extra night? Of course. But, do I wish I found a spot on the right side of the street on Friday? YES!!!! Both of us would rather have stayed in bed until evening. But if we had done so, I would have had to leave for home that night.
