Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Where’s That Metal Barricade When You Need it?
As I mentioned the other day, a metal barricade was placed between those going into Grand Central from below and those descending from Grand Central into the subways.
The barricade was there Monday, gone yesterday, and gone again today. Coincidentally, I noticed that yesterday and today featured the worst buildup of foot traffic at the top […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Grand Central by TJ
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
I Thought My Commute Sucked Vol. XI
“Talking Transportation” columnist Jim Cameron details two truly dreadful Metro-North rides in the recent past in Westport Now. (Lead story in Westport Now today: “Person of Color Seen at Pier One.”)
Both trips from hell appear to have happened on one of those Metro-North offshoot spurs, as in, not on the main New Haven line. A three-car […]
No Comments » - Posted in Talking Transportation, Westport by TJ
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Word of the Week: HAT&T TRICK
HAT&T TRICK: \HAT trikk alt. HAH tee nn tee trick\ noun: Getting three cellphone calls over the course of a single ride on the train.
Usage: This doofus next to me on the train from Dobbs Ferry scored the HAT&T Trick before we were even out of Yonkers.
No Comments » - Posted in Word of the Week, cell phone by TJ
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Bag!
Filthy Mark is a friend from high school, given the nickname thanks to his formerly Falstaffian appetite for certain vices. When Filthy Mark joined the NYPD about a decade ago, the moniker was tweaked to Filthy Narc. That made us laugh, but didn’t ultimately catch on.
Filthy Mark and I have been playing phone tag, for […]
No Comments » - Posted in Grand Central, Little G, The Missus by TJ
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Over Herd in New York
I’d mentioned before the logjam at the top of the stairs heading from Grand Central down to the subways. Well, the city has done something about it.
This morning, for the first time, commuters were greeted with the steel barricades more commonly seen at Puerto Rican Day parades and, going back a bit, Yankee World Series […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Grand Central by TJ
Friday, October 26th, 2007
The Drag Queen Returns!
There (s)he was on the 7:16 to Stamford last night, all 11-inch heels and fishnet dress and tights with the ass cheeks cut out.
Yes, the giant black drag queen was shaking up the stuffy decor on the Metro-North again, brushing his blonde wig in the vestibule as riders peered over their Posts at this most […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Drag Queens, Mount Vernon, New Haven Line by TJ
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Straphanger Joe Ventures Out of the Subway
Sari of Mass Destruction
It’s not the subway but it is part of the New York City transportation system.
I went to visit Lady Liberty with my son and two other families with kids recently. The park where the ferry left from was pretty crowded with tourists. The line to get on the ferry was long […]
No Comments » - Posted in Straphanger Joe by TJ
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Mind the Gap. No Really, Mind the F***ing Gap!
The much-feared gap between train and platform claimed another victim early this morning, as a woman tumbled under the platform in Rye (more like Whiskey & Rye) around 2 a.m. New Rochelle Man Mugged… I mean the Journal News…has the story.
Lucky for the lady, who presumably is very, very thin, the conductor saw her […]
No Comments » - Posted in CTRider, Journal News, Rye, Uncategorized by TJ
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
I Saw Something, Said Something
They duked it out next to the steps of the 6 train at 28th Street and Park.
He was a black man of about 30, in a Yankee cap, baggy jeans and an oversize black bomber jacket.
She was about the same age, with freckles on light brown skin, in jeans, a denim jacket, and clunky white […]
No Comments » - Posted in 28th Street by TJ
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Tennis, Anyone?
I got this emphatic answer to my question about the mysterious tennis court in Grand Central. Apparently, this appeared on yelp.com.
Recently, I had a unique experience at Grand Central that I will never forget. My friend and I were riding the elevator up to the Campbell Apartment and he was telling me that it’s a […]