Picture this: Carson City who dripped of the blue dawn, staring through your window in bright colors. Still, the glass is foggy, so much so that it looks like a Picasso painting. Shouldn’t a pretty city have spectacular windows too?
“I’ve cracked the code to spotless Window Cleaning carson city” announced my neighbor Jake, beckoning me over last Saturday, chicory coffee in hand with a mischievous glint “I gotta show you something.” Jack had me, and frankly, I walked hazardous path around a clearly overflowing sink full of breakfast items that somehow landed there. He hands me like a mint-colored, hyper charged window cleaner. Maybe the best window cleaner here!
Window-washing for the people of Carson City is a weekend outing for the few. Some people actually love it while it is one of those chores another would hate. Satisfaction of a job well done, the kind where beams are singing through house. Man, those are the days.
But maintaining that perfection is not the world hardest task. You see, the secret to that sparkle is vinegar for just about everything, says Nate from around the corner. He says very straight faced, “I swear, I promise this isn’t some tale from grandma!” Vinegar will make your windows so clean, you will wonder where your windows went off to. However, there’s a part of the community deliberating taking counsel from the same guy who looks socks and sandals go together like PBnJ.
In Carson City, washing windows is sort of like an art rather than a task. There is a line you need to walk between stopping birds from drilling through your windows and finding the right day during the less crises-filled weather phases. However, most people will agree that timing is the trickiest part seeing how this city gets unpredictable weather.
Everyone around shares different crazy windows tales when you visit. Karen found a squirrel holding her little darling-,mid wash! It was an “existential standoff” she says as neither one moved an inch till Thanksgiving.
Sometimes you have to accept the experts’ help regardless of many who enjoy scrubbing their own windows. Like little elves, they leave windows you could go skate over the transparency of. Are they just determined or-do they have a blend of the two like the alchemists?
So while this may seem like little work at a glance, when Carson City has it done, it’s the vital stitch to our shared community cloth. Clear windows bring in a bit of fresh air, a void catching always-gorgeous Nevada skies. Pick up your squeegee next time, welcome the task rather than despise it. You could joke and invite a friend over for a 2-hr chat as you are cleaning. chances are you may find yourself enjoying the task- how’s that for a concept?