I know it’s been forever since I’ve posted. Not that I think I have any avid readers, but if I did… Please forgive me!
That being said. You’ll no longer hear the horror stories of my long-ass commute, nor will you get to chuckle at the random things I experience with my trains, bus, and automobile adventures. Instead, I’d like to announce that I have cut my commute by 2 hours! I moved into manhattan, which means the only commuting I’m doing is either by walking, bus, train, or cab…
If you’d like to follow my random adventures as a NY’er trying to make it across town in time for work, then you’ve come to the right place! So thus, let us begin.
I have several commuting routes…
- One is simply walking. I work on the east side, and live on the west side. It’s about a 25-3o minute walk, depending on how I hit the lights… Or it can be upwards of about 40 if I dawdle or am wearing heels…
- Another is to hop on the cross-town bus, which I’ve recently found out about, and ride that to nearly right in front of my office door. Mind you, during rush hour, taking a cross town bus across one of the more crowded places of manhattan means that it takes about 40 minutes… but hey, I’m just sitting there… however, the memories of all that time on the bus commuting in and out of the city gives me shivers when I think about stepping up onto those daunting steps.
- A third way, and usually the one I take if I don’t walk, is via subway. It’s about a 6 minute walk to the subway station, then another 6 minutes through the subway station till I hit the actual train I want, then about 4 minutes on the train, and a block and a half at that point to my office. It’s quick, it’s painless, and when I’m running late, it’s the easiest thing to do.
- That brings us to the last way, by cab. Some may think this would be the easiest, but remember, I’m going from the extreme west side to the extreme east side, across manhattan at one of the most busiest times of day, in one of the most busiest sections of the entire US (not even the city, the US!) So… unless I’m really really really tired, I tend to not do this option, because taking a 30 minute cab ride, where most of it is spent in traffic, and I’m watching the fare hike up and up and up, means it’s a very grumpy morning for me.
This morning, I took the subway. It’s an interesting walk through the terminal, and then through the corridors that lead to the underground trains. I tend to walk fast, and it’s something that really irks me when I can’t get through the traffic of people that seem to pile up in front of me. Plus, I can’t stand when one of those preacher peeps steps out in front of you and tells you that you’re going to burn in hell if you don’t listen to him. Though, I do randomly get a kick out of the people that tell him to go to hell. Seems… counter intuitive, and yet at the same time, spot on.
Anyways. Nothing major to report on the commute this morning. I bopped my head to the rhythm of the music, (some great Kashmir by Led Zeppelin, then a little placebo and Beatles to round it out), played a little solitaire, and tried to psych myself up for a day of messaging, client reviews, and startups.
Let’s see what this afternoon, or tomorrow brings.
