Let me start with my favourite story. This happened, I think, soon after I moved to Manhattan (from the Bronx), and was starting to take the Bx12-SBS to work. The Bx12-SBS is the "place" where most of my stories are set; it is one "interesting" bus. Anyway, I was on my way to work; it... Continue Reading →
Parenting
I will close this blog with the most vivid commuting story I remember, that happened the summer I left. It was a weekend when my sister came to visit with her boyfriend. I was going to meet them at the Intrepid museum. It was a mid-morning Saturday, and I was on the A train. The... Continue Reading →
Man-spreading
One evening on the way home from work, I found a seat at the back of the bus. It was one of those "four-seaters", such that two seats faced the other two seats (two of the seats are facing opposite of the direction of travel). At one of the stops, a man sits down and... Continue Reading →
Snow
One thing about living in NYC that I've never had the privilege of experiencing elsewhere is the snow. I know there are other places where it gets much colder, but I have never lived in a city where snow was expected at least once a year and piled up so high that your feet sank... Continue Reading →
Unzip
This is a short one. On my way to work one morning, a woman got on the bus and stood just by the back doors. I was at my preferred usual seat, just behind the back doors, on the elevated part of the bus - so she was standing in front of me. She was... Continue Reading →
“It’s the white man’s fault!”
This was one of my most unpleasant commutes. It was on my way home from work, at the peak of rush hour. The bus was packed and traffic was slow. I was fortunate enough to get a seat at the rear end of the bus where the floor is a little raised so that when... Continue Reading →
The social worker
On one of my commutes on the subway, I was reading a review paper about the neuroscience of addiction. It was one of those rare times I had printed out the paper, for some reason, instead of having it on my iPad. It had been circulated by my department because the author, Dr Marc Lewis,... Continue Reading →
You look familiar
One weeknight, on the way to my roommate's office party, I caught the 2 train from the Bronx to the city. As the train pulled up at Pelham Parkway station, I happened to be standing on the platform equidistant from the doors of two different cars. I happened to pick one - I don't even... Continue Reading →
The church evangelist
This happened on my commute to have my first ever chic-fil-A. My roommate, Eyslyn, after learning that I had never, ever had chic-fil-A in my life, decided we needed to change that. So on that fateful day, after work, I was getting the 5 train downtown to have my first taste of that delicious, American... Continue Reading →
Did you see those cops?
One evening weekend, as I was walking home from the 1 train, the woman walking next to me strikes up a conversation. I somewhat recognise her from the train I was on. She says to me "Did you see those cops? What do you think they were after?" I hadn't - to be honest. Cops... Continue Reading →
I’m not a morning person
I don't usually get the bus very early, my usual commute time is just after 8.30 am. I've worked out that traffic is the best when avoiding the period between 8-8.30 am. And, as the title tells you, I'm not a morning person - so after 8.30am is better than before 8.00 am. Some mornings... Continue Reading →
