I saw an asphalt company in the Trader Joe’s parking lot this morning. As I walked by en route to work, it looked as if the parking lot has been pretty well re-covered in fresh blacktop.

The asphalt was sufficiently odiferous to suggest it had been laid early this morning, and, if I’m remembering correctly about fresh blacktop, that would suggest the parking lot (or at least the lion’s share of it I saw freshly asphalted) may not be usable today.

If you walk to Trader Joe’s you’ll have no problems with access. (Whether or not the fumes knock you out is a whole other matter.) But, if you normally drive there, and if you were thinking of driving tjhere today for a grocery run, I’d suggest you call ahead to confirm the parking sitch.