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shadowkatLovely day, almost spoiled by annoying request by super. I have to stay home all day on Tuesday, in order for the building inspector to do a 10-15 lead paint test in my apartment.
This is the aggravating text thread from super, who is Polish, and fluent in Russian but not really English. (Honestly, I feel at times that I'm living in a foreign country when I'm in NYC.)
"Good morning, we have to do the test for 10-15 minutes for each Apt next week. Please let me know which day is good for you? Thank you. Management sending special inspector guy to check pain for walls only."
Me: Do you need me there? If not? Any time Wed through Friday. Not before 10 am on Tuesday. (I have a virtual doctors appointment at 8:40 am on Tuesday morning.)
Super: Tuesday after 10 Am. Please be home.
Me: Okay, Do I have to be home all day? Also I may be doing laundry.
Super: Just stay in the Apt 2 hours please. If he will do text (I think she means test) you can out no problem.
Me: When? 10 Am - 12 pm?
Super:Tuesday after 10 am I said., or you wanted Wednesday?
Me: I am not home Wednesday until 5pm. I may be out after 1pm on Tuesday. So either 10am-1pm, or after 5pm.
Super: OK so Tuesday. After 10 am.
Me:Just as long as I'm not waiting 6pm for some 15 minute test.
Super: He will come for Monday for 14 apt. Tuesday for a few Apt. Wed also for a few apt.
ME: That doesn't tell me anything? Is this the lead paint testing?
Super: Yes.
Me: Okay, I'll just assume it will happen before 1 pm. I'm giving myself a 5 day holiday weekend. And don't understand why I need to be here for someone to test paint?
Super: All building said we will be home.
Me: (texts "Okay" EMOJ and "Eyeroll" Emoji)
I basically gave up. I don't know why I'm annoyed that I have to stay home on Tuesday - when I do that on a lot of weekends? Although I could use the time to clean out my fridge or closet?
***
I took a lovely long walk after I got my hair done, with lots of photos to share. But too many for one post? Maybe I'll split them up among various posts.
And accomplished a lot - usually when I intend on going shopping, I can't find a thing? This round, I didn't really intend on finding all that much - and scored.
Sixteen Mills Bakery had been highly recommended to me by various folks, but alas, it's on Union and 3rd Avenue, which is a ways and not convenient to get to from my home. (Although it is near the R - Union Street Subway exit, so I could grab something on the way home from work and jump on the subway to get to the 4th/9th Avenue R, and climb a gadzillion steps to get to the F/G.) At any rate - I realized it was only about a 17 minute walk from the hairstylist (The Bird House), which is in Gowanus. It's currently ranked as the best hair salon in Brooklyn, and so far it has delivered. It is pricey, but it is also worth it? I set up another appointment for December. By far the best bob cut that I've had in ages.
At any rate, Sixteen Mills Bakery is 100% gluten free - and just has a window. You order at the window, they give you the stuff, and you can either eat at one of the tables outside, or take off with it. There's another gluten free bakery about five blocks back and closer to the hair stylist, but when I went inside, there was nobody about. Just an office and an empty kitchen area. I gave up on the "Bakery" and "Gluten Free Bakery" with no other name. (I've been to that one in the past - I used to get Ravoli from it, when I lived in the area. Sixteen Mills wasn't around back then, that other one was the only one in town.)
At Sixteen Mills (and yes, you can order via DoorDash to get deliveries) - they had the following offerings: Vanilla Belgian Waffles (I've not had a Belgian Waffle in a very very long time), fresh baked donuts, cinnamon twirl muffin, grainfree brownies, salt-chocolate chip cookies, and oatmeal raisin, scones, sourdough foccia bread, sourdough seeded loaf, sourdough cibatta bread, plum cake, and various teas and coffees.
I ordered the cinnamon twirl muffin, the grainfree brownie, three Belgian waffles (they come in threes), the sourdough foccacia bread (the seeded bread was sold out), and a raspberry donut and a chocolate donut. [Yes, I know this can't be good for my blood sugar. Being gluten intolerant - when I find these things, I go a bit wild. You wouldn't get it - unless you are gluten intolerant and can't have grains. I realized I was envious of folks who could eat grains lately, and this was something I was lacking in my life and I needed to remedy it.] I don't plan on eating it all at once. I'm trying to stretch it out a bit. I had just one of the Belgian waffles when I got home today. The blood sugar went up, but not that high, and did come down. Helped by the fact that all I had for dinner was a hamburger (no bun) with cucumber, pickles, English mustard, onions, tomato, and celery and broccoli on the side. Celery and broccoli lower blood sugar, as does onion.
Also cucumber. It came down.
Afterwards, I headed up to 4th Avenue and walked towards The Old Stone House Museum and Washington Park - I'd never been, and saw that it was on the way back to the subway on 4th Avenue. But, you have to walk halfway up to fifth avenue to get to it, since Washington playing fields and park is in front of it. (This is a fake grass field for kids to play soccer and various sports on - it leads up to the Old Stone House Museum, with its gardens.) This is another post - because I went inside, took photos, and outside and took photos. And there's no room for it in this one. Also I have to go to bed - because I got a Dental appointment tomorrow morning. (I also went to a flower store - got a container for paint brushes, and a shoe store - got shoes, and home.) Show those in another post as well. It was a total of 2-3 miles altogether.
So, to be continued?
Here's a photo from my walk.
This is the aggravating text thread from super, who is Polish, and fluent in Russian but not really English. (Honestly, I feel at times that I'm living in a foreign country when I'm in NYC.)
"Good morning, we have to do the test for 10-15 minutes for each Apt next week. Please let me know which day is good for you? Thank you. Management sending special inspector guy to check pain for walls only."
Me: Do you need me there? If not? Any time Wed through Friday. Not before 10 am on Tuesday. (I have a virtual doctors appointment at 8:40 am on Tuesday morning.)
Super: Tuesday after 10 Am. Please be home.
Me: Okay, Do I have to be home all day? Also I may be doing laundry.
Super: Just stay in the Apt 2 hours please. If he will do text (I think she means test) you can out no problem.
Me: When? 10 Am - 12 pm?
Super:Tuesday after 10 am I said., or you wanted Wednesday?
Me: I am not home Wednesday until 5pm. I may be out after 1pm on Tuesday. So either 10am-1pm, or after 5pm.
Super: OK so Tuesday. After 10 am.
Me:Just as long as I'm not waiting 6pm for some 15 minute test.
Super: He will come for Monday for 14 apt. Tuesday for a few Apt. Wed also for a few apt.
ME: That doesn't tell me anything? Is this the lead paint testing?
Super: Yes.
Me: Okay, I'll just assume it will happen before 1 pm. I'm giving myself a 5 day holiday weekend. And don't understand why I need to be here for someone to test paint?
Super: All building said we will be home.
Me: (texts "Okay" EMOJ and "Eyeroll" Emoji)
I basically gave up. I don't know why I'm annoyed that I have to stay home on Tuesday - when I do that on a lot of weekends? Although I could use the time to clean out my fridge or closet?
***
I took a lovely long walk after I got my hair done, with lots of photos to share. But too many for one post? Maybe I'll split them up among various posts.
And accomplished a lot - usually when I intend on going shopping, I can't find a thing? This round, I didn't really intend on finding all that much - and scored.
Sixteen Mills Bakery had been highly recommended to me by various folks, but alas, it's on Union and 3rd Avenue, which is a ways and not convenient to get to from my home. (Although it is near the R - Union Street Subway exit, so I could grab something on the way home from work and jump on the subway to get to the 4th/9th Avenue R, and climb a gadzillion steps to get to the F/G.) At any rate - I realized it was only about a 17 minute walk from the hairstylist (The Bird House), which is in Gowanus. It's currently ranked as the best hair salon in Brooklyn, and so far it has delivered. It is pricey, but it is also worth it? I set up another appointment for December. By far the best bob cut that I've had in ages.
At any rate, Sixteen Mills Bakery is 100% gluten free - and just has a window. You order at the window, they give you the stuff, and you can either eat at one of the tables outside, or take off with it. There's another gluten free bakery about five blocks back and closer to the hair stylist, but when I went inside, there was nobody about. Just an office and an empty kitchen area. I gave up on the "Bakery" and "Gluten Free Bakery" with no other name. (I've been to that one in the past - I used to get Ravoli from it, when I lived in the area. Sixteen Mills wasn't around back then, that other one was the only one in town.)
At Sixteen Mills (and yes, you can order via DoorDash to get deliveries) - they had the following offerings: Vanilla Belgian Waffles (I've not had a Belgian Waffle in a very very long time), fresh baked donuts, cinnamon twirl muffin, grainfree brownies, salt-chocolate chip cookies, and oatmeal raisin, scones, sourdough foccia bread, sourdough seeded loaf, sourdough cibatta bread, plum cake, and various teas and coffees.
I ordered the cinnamon twirl muffin, the grainfree brownie, three Belgian waffles (they come in threes), the sourdough foccacia bread (the seeded bread was sold out), and a raspberry donut and a chocolate donut. [Yes, I know this can't be good for my blood sugar. Being gluten intolerant - when I find these things, I go a bit wild. You wouldn't get it - unless you are gluten intolerant and can't have grains. I realized I was envious of folks who could eat grains lately, and this was something I was lacking in my life and I needed to remedy it.] I don't plan on eating it all at once. I'm trying to stretch it out a bit. I had just one of the Belgian waffles when I got home today. The blood sugar went up, but not that high, and did come down. Helped by the fact that all I had for dinner was a hamburger (no bun) with cucumber, pickles, English mustard, onions, tomato, and celery and broccoli on the side. Celery and broccoli lower blood sugar, as does onion.
Also cucumber. It came down.
Afterwards, I headed up to 4th Avenue and walked towards The Old Stone House Museum and Washington Park - I'd never been, and saw that it was on the way back to the subway on 4th Avenue. But, you have to walk halfway up to fifth avenue to get to it, since Washington playing fields and park is in front of it. (This is a fake grass field for kids to play soccer and various sports on - it leads up to the Old Stone House Museum, with its gardens.) This is another post - because I went inside, took photos, and outside and took photos. And there's no room for it in this one. Also I have to go to bed - because I got a Dental appointment tomorrow morning. (I also went to a flower store - got a container for paint brushes, and a shoe store - got shoes, and home.) Show those in another post as well. It was a total of 2-3 miles altogether.
So, to be continued?
Here's a photo from my walk.
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Date: 2025-08-30 04:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-08-30 10:15 pm (UTC)But it's good to know that German building inspectors are as horrible at scheduling visits as US building inspectors. I curse both with nasty commutes - which considering we both have unreliable public and private transportation systems, the odds are in my favor on that at least.