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I sit (in/on) houses

Apr 23, 2007 11:05

Friday evening marked the journey to Ikea. I had volunteered to drive, so of course my two housemates chose to get very drunk beforehand. The internets revealed that the New Haven, CT store was closer than the Long Island, NY store so there we went. It was a lot of back roads, including a drive over a sizeable dam with a large drop below. I enjoyed ( Read more... )

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Comments 5

kusoyaro April 23 2007, 16:09:39 UTC

>I stayed on the train until it looped back an hour later

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The subway system couldn't have been that hard to figure out.

_way_ April 23 2007, 16:39:40 UTC

To be honest, when I got on at Times Square, it was so packed that I was standing in a crowded car for the first 20 minutes. I knew Houston Street was about 7 or 8 stops away. By the time I saw the map and made the connection that the streets were ascending, it was too late. I was like, past halfway to Brooklyn.

_way_ April 23 2007, 16:44:00 UTC

Err, Bronx. Not Brooklyn.

kusoyaro April 23 2007, 16:45:29 UTC

Past Halfway to Brooklyn sounds like a Beastie Boys album.

murdercitydevil April 23 2007, 16:58:39 UTC

Next time you get on the uptown and you want to go downtown, just hop off and go to the other side of the tracks and you're set. Silly goose.

That sucks that you walked all the way down to Canal. At the one stop you were probably on like a couple of blocks from the bar. Did you walk the wrong way down Varick, or did you head east on Houston? I hate getting lost in the city. I do it all the time.