A Long Island woman on the other side of the country was delighted to find a note in her windshield from a mysterious fellow native in the Emerald City.
Lisa Socha moved to the Seattle area a year ago, but still gets homesick occasionally. And she's not afraid to "rep West Islip" on the bumper of her truck, she says on Facebook: it's covered in Long Island and Mets and Giants stickers, and her license plate has a frame from a Smithtown dealership, "all of which is unfamiliar to the people here."
Socha was walking back to her truck last Saturday after finishing her shift as a hairdresser when she spotted a note pinned to the front window, wrapped in plastic to protect it from the rain, Newsday first reported.
"Hey fellow Long Islander, I'm from Port Jefferson," the anonymous note read. "Just wanted to say hi and I like your bumper stickers. P.S. I miss the pizza."
Socha said she hopes to connect with the letter's author and find a fellow Long Islander out in Washington. She moved there last year with her son, who's getting a masters degree at University of Puget Sound, she told NBC 4 New York in a Facebook message: "Rents are slightly cheaper and salaries here are higher. I make more, have a nicer place and am not paying Long Island rent plus his housing."
"I miss home but living here has been wonderful," she said.
But as for whether she's managed to find a decent New York slice out in Seattle: "That's a definite nope. Tried and will keep trying but so far epic fails."
