Saturday, March 3, 2018

Spooky Safeway

It was just weird! Having experienced high winds for the last day and more, a lot of northern Virginia lost power. And after being cooped up inside we were desperate to get out of the house. So we drove to our usual haunt in McLean for breakfast, but the line was so long we decided to skip it and go get groceries at the Safeway across the street. It looked okay from the outside, but when we stepped in, only a few lights were on. The place was really dark and I couldn’t see. But my husband wanted to forge ahead to pick up some basic necessities. Obviously the power was out because none of the items that required refrigeration were in sight. No meat, eggs, orange juice... it was a really odd experience watching the few people wheeling their carts through the dark and spooky place. There was one register open and just a handful of staff on hand. We were happy to get out of there and were reminded that just that little ordeal is the usual for a lot of people. Thank goodness we have underground power lines in our neighborhood. It’s one of the few things that usually works. That’s almost too good to be true! 



















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