Back! A Night of Near-Misses
OK, after this, I'm done for the night, I swear.
Hey, purple_terror 's home! woo! Despite Boston rush hour- specifically on the T and the Orange Line this time*- making things tense for me, the airport was navigated. I even found the cell phone lot without ending up in Chelsea. We ended up going out the wrong way- or at least a new way, but ended up finding 93 N. It was weirdly not congested. There was sushi (Sushi Corner's) - eventually. Everyone and their uncle was getting takeout, so we stumbled out probably 30-40 minutes later than expected. But sushi! There was the observation of the bendy people on television, although a near-miss there, too, as the Replay had topped out at the originally allotted episodes, so stopped recording (ah hah, we say- and we fix).That would explain why it wasn't taping last Thursday without my prompting.
So- really- many things that could have been bad and irritating, but we were serene. Let the harassment begin! Also, that's a very not recent picture in that icon. Just sayin'.
*So, you're starting off in the mid-Orange line vicinity and headed out past N Station to the burbs. But you can't get on a fucking train because by the time they hit State Street they are wholly fully up. We had 2 sardine impressions and still a lot of people on the platform. Ah, says I. About 1/3 of these people will get out at North Station. North Station is also Green line. I can walk 5 minutes up to Government Center where the trolleys are usually plentiful and less crowded with OMG commuters. And lo. Instead of waiting another 10 minutes, I waited about 45 seconds to get on the first train that arrived that was nicely cooled and had elbow room. In another 5 minutes, I was at North Station to find another wholly full Orange Line train that did indeed lose about 1/4 of its passengers.
Short version: Avoid State Street when a by-pass on the Green will work.
Hey, purple_terror 's home! woo! Despite Boston rush hour- specifically on the T and the Orange Line this time*- making things tense for me, the airport was navigated. I even found the cell phone lot without ending up in Chelsea. We ended up going out the wrong way- or at least a new way, but ended up finding 93 N. It was weirdly not congested. There was sushi (Sushi Corner's) - eventually. Everyone and their uncle was getting takeout, so we stumbled out probably 30-40 minutes later than expected. But sushi! There was the observation of the bendy people on television, although a near-miss there, too, as the Replay had topped out at the originally allotted episodes, so stopped recording (ah hah, we say- and we fix).That would explain why it wasn't taping last Thursday without my prompting.
So- really- many things that could have been bad and irritating, but we were serene. Let the harassment begin! Also, that's a very not recent picture in that icon. Just sayin'.
*So, you're starting off in the mid-Orange line vicinity and headed out past N Station to the burbs. But you can't get on a fucking train because by the time they hit State Street they are wholly fully up. We had 2 sardine impressions and still a lot of people on the platform. Ah, says I. About 1/3 of these people will get out at North Station. North Station is also Green line. I can walk 5 minutes up to Government Center where the trolleys are usually plentiful and less crowded with OMG commuters. And lo. Instead of waiting another 10 minutes, I waited about 45 seconds to get on the first train that arrived that was nicely cooled and had elbow room. In another 5 minutes, I was at North Station to find another wholly full Orange Line train that did indeed lose about 1/4 of its passengers.
Short version: Avoid State Street when a by-pass on the Green will work.