âShe and Her Roommate Had Bought a Sofa From a Woman in Queensâ
Unexpected help with a move, a trip to Radio Row and more reader tales of New York City in this weekâs Metropolitan Diary.
May 30, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET
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Dear Diary:
We had just finished moving my daughter into an apartment on DeKalb Avenue when she said that she and her roommate had bought a sofa from a woman in Queens and that we had to pick it up before 5.
It was starting to sleet, and I was contemplating how three women with little upper body strength were going to lug a heavy piece of furniture up three flights of stairs.