September 05, 2003
Parking Karma Nr.2
Arrived back in the hood with a sense of dread: it was just before 3 AM, and I didn't think I'd even be able to find a 7 AM tow-away parking spot. Would it be a 6 AM street-cleaning zone? I don't think I can stomach a parking ticket, although it would be a reasonable price to pay for a good night's sleep.
I saw a couple of 8 AM spots on Haight St., and just as I was about to pull into one I thought, "Let me take a lap before I commit to a location." I drove around the corner and past the roundabout, and then: behold! The coveted spot right at the corner of Scott and Fell!
Jaw-dropping.
Where are the old camaro and crappy jalopy that have occupied the two spots in front of 456 and 460 for the last seven years? The cars that would idle while the Wednesday 12:25 street cleaning passed by, and then immediately swing back into place. But today they were gone, and the spot was open. At three o'clock in the morning.
