Provided Lines of them, decorated, drivers honking, people hanging out of them waving, screaming, singing, fist-pumping. The scene has played out thousands of times, for myriad reasons, as vehicles became an all-important conduit during the pandemic for showing you care about something deeply. Jean Smith can attest. Family and friends formed a caravan and rolled by her Hyde Park apartment building in April to celebrate Smith’s 99th birthday. Jean Smith was thrilled when friends and relatives formed a car caravan and drove by her Hyde Park apartment to celebrate her 99th birthday in April. Provided “It made me feel like I was on cloud nine, or cloud 99,” she said with a laugh. “To get to be 99 and have that many people interested in you? Most of the time they just throw you by the wayside, but I felt like I was Queen Elizabeth. I thoroughly enjoyed it,” said Smith.