Monthly Archives: February 2010

THE GREAT BLIZZARD OF 2010: 43,000 Hardy Souls Make the A.M. Trek

Posted on February 10, 2010 by admin

Metro-North reports that 43,000 people absolutely had to get to work via the railroad this morning. That’s down from the norm of 55,000–meaning 21% of the daily commuters opted for the snow day. We’re happy to report we’re one of … Continue reading →

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1846: The Train Arrives in Hawthorne

Posted on February 9, 2010 by admin

We continue with another excerpt from Mount Pleasant: The History of a New York Suburb and its People. Chapter 5 is called “The Coming of the Railroad.” Philip F. Horne writes: Until the 1840s a man who wished to leave … Continue reading →

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We Are Not Alone Out There

Posted on February 9, 2010 by admin

We mentioned last week that we’d unearthed the Metro-North blog MyEffingCommute after seeing a humorous essay on the commuting life in Westchester Magazine from the blog’s braintrust. Well, the MyEffing author has hipped us to another Metro-North-related blog: IRidetheHarlemLine.com. The … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding Detroit Through its Rail System

Posted on February 8, 2010 by admin

PBS has a special on tonight about how a superior rail infrastructure can leave cities head and shoulders above their competition, as well as the converse–how a failing rail system will doom a metro area. The special is called Blueprint … Continue reading →

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Redcoat Terrorism and Commuting Via Horse-and-Buggy: A Brief History of Hawthorne

Posted on February 8, 2010 by admin

The Missus picked up an interesting treat at the library late last week. (Paying what we do in taxes, we try to get our money’s worth by taking dozens of books out of the library each day and creating as … Continue reading →

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Metro-North to Demo New App at Hastings Station

Posted on February 5, 2010 by admin

Metro-North officials will conduct a live demonstration of their “Train Time” smartphone app at Hastings station from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. The next two Tuesdays will see similar app demonstrations at Brewster and Portchester stations. Metro-North says … Continue reading →

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Biohazards and Busty Babes

Posted on February 5, 2010 by admin

I generally have no qualms with the taxi guys based out of the old Hawthorne station house. I mean, I was OK with it that night when they took the drunk ass to the far end of Thornwood before bringing … Continue reading →

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Hawthorne Commuter Shows His Mettle

Posted on February 4, 2010 by admin

There’s a giant white SUV we see at the Hawthorne station lot fairly frequently, and we see it around our neighborhood too. It’s got a license plate that reads ’80GOLD’ and it has Olympic rings on it. I was doing … Continue reading →

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Readers Give it Up–Way Up–For Punta Cana

Posted on February 4, 2010 by admin

We had lamented that the newest entry to Hawthorne’s burgeoning culinary scene (pizza! Chinese! Gordo’s!), the Spanish-Portuguese bistro Punta Cana, offered up a decent but ultimately unspectacular meal to the TJs recently. Well, readers–including Punta Cana’s proprietor–have come to the tiny … Continue reading →

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A Handy Field Guide to Metro-North Commuters

Posted on February 3, 2010 by admin

The February edition of Westchester Magazine has a funny little “Field Guide to Metro-North Commuters” in it from John Korpics. The writer commutes from Waccabuc (uh, top 5 funny Metro-North station names…maybe top 3), and has come up with nine … Continue reading →

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