We spent Thanksgiving with Dennis in Astoria, NY. It was a good visit–we ate tons and visited the Brooklyn Children’s Museum–but unfortunately, the City took advantage of us. First, we parked 6 inches too close to a fire hydrant, resulting in a $115 parking ticket. We figured we can contest the ticket, with some photo documentation and a letter.

Thanksgiving morning, we went grocery shopping (we had procrastinated), and as I was unlocking the car door, I noticed that our side view mirror had been vandalized, along with about 5 other cars parked on the same side of the street. This sort of thing has never happened to me, and I was infuriated. Figuring our luck had already come to an end, we decided to cut short our visit and head home.