on the sunny side of the street

When I came home from German class, the neighborhood looked pretty dark.  But coming up to the house, I saw we still had power.  Could it be we got the generator our landlady was promising for the end of this month?

Nah.  The power's cut across the street - but not on our side.

In fact, even in some of the houses around us the power seems to be cut.

I'm just thankful we still have it!