Trip to Northeast

While Rob and Cassie were at work, Jerry and I watched the TV special "Pacific" which Rob had recorded on DVR; that is, we finally got to watch it after fumbling around and messing up the DVR a number of times. :-) For lunch, we took a stroll through their neighborhood and walked down a few blocks to Garbo and Pepe's. One wall of the restaurant was open to the outside so we watched people and traffic while eating. We had been "warned" to "stay on this side of Christopher Columbus" since the other side looks unsafe. On the way back to the condo, we never crossed to the "bad" side but did walk along Christopher Columbus. We misunderstood because Rob wanted us to stay completely away from that street, but we had no problems at all.

When we got back home, we watched more of "Pacific". Mid-afternoon, the dialysis center called to see if Jerry could come in early instead of 7:00 p.m. We really didn't know how to get there since Rob had driven the other time plus we didn't have keys to the car even if we'd been tempted to try the trip. So, he left to hail a cab with necessary phone numbers in hand in case he needed to get in touch with any of us. We found out you can't hail cabs in Jersey City! He stopped in a shop downstairs in their building to ask about taxis and was told there was a taxi stand close to the subway station. He walked the few blocks, got the taxi, went to dialysis, and successfully had the treatment before Rob had time to stop worrying about his Dad!

When Rob got home from work, he and I drove to the clinic to check on Jerry, making sure he got there okay. Later, the three of us picked up Cassie and went to a pizza place in their old Hoboken neighborhood, a place called Benny Tudino's. Their single slices of pizza are so large that they fill a whole plate and you have to fold them over in order to eat them.

This was a bittersweet evening since it was our last one with them before leaving.