River and dale

I went out to Riverdale this afternoon to find the Mr. Micro geocache. Since the location is in the parking lot of the Riverdale Crossing strip mall, it really wasn't hard to get to. However, I did take the opportunity to visit the Borders store there to use a coupon and some Borders Bucks.

Parking lot etiquette: There are times when you're just about to leave your parking space and someone, maybe even a whole family, gets into the car next to you and takes his own sweet time doing so, leaving his car door wide open the whole time. So you have to wait for him or risk getting a scrape from his car door as you back out. People do that all the time in my area and it gets irritating at times. I was pleasantly surprised to not see this in Riverdale. At Riverdale Crossing, a lady waited for me to leave the parking space before getting into her car. I waved thanks to her as I drove off.

In the evening, I had the option of doing a cache in Tarrytown (Westchester) but I passed on that in order to get a haircut. I had a Supercuts coupon that was expiring soon and I figured I probably should trim a few months of hair growth before a busy weekend of mascot gigs. (With longer hair, it gets hot under the mask.) Anyway, on my last visit to Supercuts, I asked the hairdresser what I needed to say to get the haircut I wanted and she told me. So this time, I just said to the hairdresser (not the same person as the last time) "#4 up high, scissor on top to spike". She understood, went to work right away, and it was exactly what I wanted. Nice. That's like a command language for haircuts. :)

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