Timely chance encounter with a plate of pernil — roast pork shoulder, including generous slabs of crispy skin — with rice and beans, and green salad autographed in purple onion. A day later, on the same side street, I would have happened on a car-wash fundraiser instead.
Family Fun Night at the Mother Seton School
1501 New York Ave. (at 15th St.), Union City, New Jersey
201-861-8433
www.MotherSetonSchool.com/calendar.html
(The 2018 event was held on June 15)