Category Archives: Chappaqua

Word of the Day: SNOOZE-RUSE

Posted on September 5, 2012 by TJ

SNOOZE-RUSE /SNOOZ rooz/ noun: A ploy involving faking sleep on the train while sitting in an aisle seat to prevent other riders from asking you to make the window seat available. [A.K.A. Faux-Doze] Usage: I was truly not in the mood to share my two-seater … Continue reading →

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Delays At Chappaqua Station…Restaurant

Posted on August 9, 2012 by TJ

While the likes of Hawthorne and, much more impressively, Mamaroneck, are enjoying their new train station dining establishments, the fine folks of Chappaqua will have to wait a bit more for their station restaurant, the would-be Sutter’s Track 32. The … Continue reading →

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Chappaqua’s Most Famous Commuter Passes On

Posted on March 27, 2012 by TJ

No, not the Clintons. We are sad to report the death of Bert Sugar–sports TV personality, author, longtime Chappaqua resident and Grand Central denizen–at 75. Sugar was best known for his boxing writing and punditry, and was inducted into the … Continue reading →

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Happiest of Holidays from Trainjotting

Posted on December 22, 2011 by TJ

We are going off the rails for a spell after today to partake in typical holiday activities. We leave you with The Inevitable Twas the Night Before Christmas parody, which we first ran in 2008. Happy holidays, or, as we … Continue reading →

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God, There’s Something F-ing Odd About That Man On My Train

Posted on July 28, 2011 by TJ

Nice to see MyEffingCommute back in the blog game after, oh, six months off. Effing sees Jesus swigging from a 40-dogger on the Metro-North. We were in a communal 6 pack seat, three facing three, and Jesus quickly put his … Continue reading →

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Consumer Reports Reporter Killed By Metro-North Train

Posted on June 14, 2011 by TJ

Consumer Reports reporter Gian Trotta is dead after being struck by a train near Goldens Bridge station, reports the Journal News, which says the Westchester Medical Examiner has called his death a suicide. I met this guy years ago. We were … Continue reading →

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Don’t Stop, The Train’ll Soon Be Here

Posted on April 21, 2011 by TJ

I did NOT have sex with that conductor! [emphatically points right index finger] They’re on your train every day, and then they disappear. You probably don’t notice their disappearance for some time; after all, they’re not friends of yours, just … Continue reading →

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Westchester Town Name Game

Posted on January 25, 2011 by TJ

Westchester Magazine apparently recognized our dubious knack for coming up with fake names for things, and tapped us to brainstorm some new town names for various Westchester burgs that better suit the town’s character. Put another way, I was to … Continue reading →

Posted in Chappaqua, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Ossining, Priusville, Valhalla | 2 Comments

My Nine-Minute Trip From Work to GCT

Posted on July 29, 2010 by TJ

It was, quite simply, the least amount of time I’ve ever given myself to catch a train. And I’ve pushed the limits quite a bit. I had my eye on the 5:46. I’d like to say I had something absolutely … Continue reading →

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Chappaqua, Pleasantville Get Their Close-Ups

Posted on July 14, 2010 by TJ

The delightful commuter blog IRideTheHarlemLine has a fun little visit to Chappaqua station, with some eye-catching photos from IRTHL’s Emily, including some trippy fish-eye lens pics. She writes: When I started visiting stations I will admit that there were quite … Continue reading →

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