Monthly Archives: September 2009

Zoo Station

Rail service from Penn Station to the Meadowlands (Giants Stadium, Izod Center, that huge race track) all of 11 miles to the west seems like a perfectly logical thing in the modern era, though the reports on the fledgling Meadowlands … Continue reading

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Hawthorne Gets a Restaurant!

I cruised by the little strip mall with the Chinese food restaurant, the laundromat and not much else on the way home from work yesterday, and saw the first signs of life in the northernmost storefront in almost three years. … Continue reading

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Can Someone Please Help This Man?

Reader “Steve” wonders: Anyone know of a car rental place right by a NJ Transit station? I’d like to take the train out of Manhattan to somewhere in north or central Jersey, pick up a rental car for business in … Continue reading

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Potential Psycho on the 8:16

There was a peculiar fellow on the 8:16 today. He was a big white guy, around 6′ 3″ and 220. He wore the geeky horn-rimmed glasses one tends to associate with psychos, and he had a blackened tooth on the … Continue reading

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Sports I’ve Seen Played in Pershing Square

I’ve seen tennis played in Pershing Square, the stretch of 42nd Street in front of Grand Central and under the overpass. If memory serves (if I can use a little tennis parlance…serves…get it?), they’d set up a regulation tennis court … Continue reading

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How Not to Use the Crosswalk

We’ve toasted the town of Mount Pleasant for installing crosswalks and Slow the F*** Down, There Are Children Walking About signs around the hamlet of Hawthorne; in fact, we pass through either two or three such crosswalks on the way … Continue reading

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The Professor Vs. The Conductor

Friday evening on the 5:27 out of Gotham. Normal looking dude standing and reading the New Yorker in the vestibule. Neat gray hair the color of iron, tweed blazer, khaki slacks, glasses. The word professorial comes to mind. The conductor … Continue reading

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Great Scott, Look Who Rides Metro-North!

Our Connecticut correspondent ConnecticEnergy boarded the 8:03 out of Stamford this morning, then squeezed into a four-seater across from none other than 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley. Pelley, freshly back from Afghanistan to report on the state of the war, … Continue reading

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Classic Word of the Week: TRAUMADINEJAD

TRAUMADINEJAD \TRAW ma DINN eh JAHD\ noun: The extra traffic stress felt by car commuters when a controversial world leader is in Manhattan. USAGE: I caught all sorts of Traumadinejad on the FDR Drive because that Iranian president dude is … Continue reading

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U2 Giants Stadium Review: Band Was ‘Magnificent’, New Rail Link ‘Sux’

Well, U2 did not disappoint last night at Giants Stadium. They’re the gold standard in live music today, thanks to a deep catalogue of memorable (and mostly timeless) songs, expert stagecraft, and a genuine affection for each other that adds … Continue reading

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