Archive for January, 2010
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Man Romances Chicken on 6 Train
We really don’t know what can add to this with mere words.
Check out this particularly fowl video.
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
THE TRAINJOTTING READER: Let the Great World Spin
Aerialist extraordinaire Philippe Petit is well-represented in TJ’s house. Petit of course tight-roped across the Twin Towers for 40-odd minutes in 1974, an insuperable act of bravado that absolutely blew our wee minds at the time (we may have even burned a hole through the page of the Guinness Book of World Records with Petit […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Squash King Quashed!
Englishman James Willstrop, pictured above, slew the world’s top squash player in the Grand Central crucible last night, setting the stage for a dramatic final at 7:30 tonight. Yes, Willstrop defeated top-ranked Karim Darwish (Egypt) 11-6, 11-5, 11-8 in the plastic box yesterday to earn a berth in tonight’s final.
Ramy Ashour, meanwhile, toppled England’s Nick Matthew […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Proposed Hudson River Train Tunnel Hits Snag
Plans to build a tunnel from Jersey to Herald Square for commuters looks like it’s hitting a delay.
The $8.7 billion rail tunnel project, which would bring Jersey commuters to a new terminal to be built near Macy’s, relies on some property owners on the west side of Manhattan getting bought out in order to move ahead on […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
For When Your ‘Kick Me’ Shirt is in the Wash
Those who bike to the train each day–such as Saugatucker and his 2.7 mile-each-way haul to Westport station, JerseyJim and his Summit haul, and the Phantom Power-Climber of Hawthorne station–must contend with motorists who are not happy to share the road with the two-wheeled set.
Here’s a little something to ensure they either run you off […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Squash Final Four in GCT
Don’t forget, the semifinals of the squash Tournament of Champions falls smack in the middle of your commute through Grand Central today.
The matches are held in the clear plastic squash court in Vanderbilt Hall, near the front entrance/exit of GCT.
The semifinals feature two Egyptians and two Englishmen. Egypts’ Karim Darwish, ranked #5, takes on Englander […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Cheap Trip to Punta Cana
We were fairly psyched when we saw the first signs of a new restaurant along Hawthorne’s sleepy strip in the fall. Indeed, Punta Cana Restaurant promised “Spanish & Portuguese food”–a nice variation from the red sauce and bar food available in Hawthorne.
The place opened a few days before Christmas, and I’m just not getting the […]
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Peak Ticket
This is relatively weird. Our Mamaroneck correspondent G. Francis shared this spectacular photo from the train in Switzerland, en route to the World Economic Forum–known simply as “Davos.” (See, Trainjotting correspondents have their little side gigs.)
Then, 15 minutes ago as I was climbing out of the Track 110 bowels of Grand Central, I heard one of […]
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Today, Get into Car With Stranger. Tomorrow, Run With Scissors
Miserable morning in the northeastern U.S., including a hard, steady sideways rain. Let’s call it the Umbrella Buckler.
Biking to the train was way out of the question, and even walking there seemed less and less viable.
I asked The Missus about perhaps hopping a ride when Little G was heading off to school up in Priusville. […]
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Highlights at 9:30…Film at 11
The preferred look for many young Mt. Pleasant women is something I’ll call hairdresser chic, a style topped off by a carefully cultivated coif worn like a crown.
One of the women sporting such a look at the station this morning, in fact, is a hairdresser–assuming, of course, she gets to keep her job after this […]