A Lot of Woe

Your Boulevardier has been remiss in not mentioning the parking situation at his beloved Valley Java. Regulars know that the parking lot at this Stanton Avenue institution is being re-done, a job long overdue. The lot is undergoing much more than a simple repaving; indeed, the entire front of the shop has been excavated to a depth of six inches or more. When combined with the current rains, this has created quite the mess. Currently the only access to the shop (and the neighboring Castro Valley Cyclery) is via an old bathmat crossing a slightly-less-muddy-than-the-rest patch. The work seems, to Your Boulevardier, to be proceeding at a languid pace. VJ owner Vincent seems sanguine about the current disruption in business (in his own high-energy way), and mentions improved outdoor seating as one of the benefits of the project. At the rate things are going, said seating should be ready when the weather is ready to cooperate.