The time it takes
I went out to dinner last night after work with some coworkers. A group of 5 people, we went to the Russian Vodka Room, which has some ridiculously good fruit infused vodkas, as well as lots of good Russian food. Lots of good food and good conversation were had, as well as a couple of good drinks.
With all the yapping, those dinners always take a while, and we wrapped it up around nine and paid the bill. We actually walked away from the restaurant around 10 after nine, and walked down to Penn Station, which takes about 20 minutes. The next train going my way was at 9:49, so I had about a 20 minute wait. The train ride itself takes almost 40 minutes more. Given the hour and the temperature, I took a cab (less than 10 minutes, counting the wait) rather than walk home (20 minutes). I got a nice glimpse of the lunar eclipse at that hour, and got home around 10:40. If I had walked, it would have been about 10 to 11.
So all told, more than one and a half hours to get home. Walking would have made it closer to 2 hours.
What a waste of time.
With all the yapping, those dinners always take a while, and we wrapped it up around nine and paid the bill. We actually walked away from the restaurant around 10 after nine, and walked down to Penn Station, which takes about 20 minutes. The next train going my way was at 9:49, so I had about a 20 minute wait. The train ride itself takes almost 40 minutes more. Given the hour and the temperature, I took a cab (less than 10 minutes, counting the wait) rather than walk home (20 minutes). I got a nice glimpse of the lunar eclipse at that hour, and got home around 10:40. If I had walked, it would have been about 10 to 11.
So all told, more than one and a half hours to get home. Walking would have made it closer to 2 hours.
What a waste of time.