The ramp to the Parkway I was going to take was closed (accident, according to the traffic report I caught later). I called John, he wound up directing me to his office and on to the Parkway from there. Also, West/South Orange don't seem to do very well with street signs. When I could find 'em, they were tiny and thus hard to read while trying to pay attention to traffic lights and other cars. 'Twas an adventure, but ended well.
Ooh, and I found out that at least one of the new things they're building over in the Pathmark plaza is going to be a Target. That's gonna be awesome. The traffic around there will probably suck even more, but I doubt it'll affect my back way much. So that's cool. I like Target.