Stohlman Subaru Checkup and the Boro

We always make appointments for car check ups. But we thought we might try the Express Service for a much needed oil and filter change and multipoint inspection for our Subaru Forester. So we drove over to Stohlman Subaru in Tysons and it must have been at the right time. The car was checked in at 9:45 and it was done at 10:15! We were told it would take about an hour and fifteen minutes so we were pleasantly surprised. That has never happened before when we had appointments. We need to come back in six months for tires and use a $150 coupon we got because of an incident last year before it expires. While we waited for the car we took our morning walk around the “Boro” - a new neighborhood that is near the metro stop and a lot of traffic. We realized that the Chick FilA has pick up order parking so we might try it one of these days. This store doesn’t have a drive thru so I wasn’t sure how it worked. Then we crossed the very busy, noisy and smelly thoroughfare over to the Boro neighborhood where newly built high rises and shops and restaurants converged on a single street. An Ethan Allen furniture store anchors the corner. There were “fake” streaming wisteria or cherry blossom trees positioned every few feet. The neighborhood probably would be lovely without a pandemic. The area is just too congested for our taste, but handy for our Subaru needs. So it was an interesting experience all around. So for the time it took to get the car taken care of and walk was no longer than our usual morning activities. And we were home in time for lunch.