Sometimes MARTA decorates their trains, I assume for ad revenue. There's a Waffle House train, which is pretty cool, but I gotta say that my favorite one is the Soul Train, for the awards show in November.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Transit shopping & Smittens Part One
I was supposed to go home to Virginia for the holidays but given the weather, my butt is still in the Atl. In order to entertain myself during my new found free time, I decided on a transit adventure - shopping on MARTA! So I took the bus from my new house for the second time ever to the station. MARTA buses are so much better than CCT, no lie. Folks who complain about MARTA need to take a trip to Cobb.
I started my day by hopping on the train to Midtown and had brunch with Two and the AC at J Christopher's. After brunch, the AC and I headed to the Highlands for a little shopping. Yea, yea, we drove in her car cause it's not transit friendly at all. But we found the most awesome transit gear at a little craft show. So I introduce to you Smittens!
Smittens are these really cool scarves that have pockets for your hands. Jen, the creater of the Smittens, said that she had toyed with naming them Bus Stop Buddies, and its the perfect description for them. Now you have warm hands without fiddling for gloves. And, its a great place to stash your Breeze card.
You can pick up some Smittens at mushbabygifts.etsy.com and support local artisans and public transit! And, most importantly, stay warm!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
yet another reason to take MARTA
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
I really hate people like this
I mean seriously, you can't afford earphones for that psp? We don't want to hear your crappy song on repeat all the way from Kennsington to Five Points. This also goes for those extra cool thugs who play that one snippet of a song on their cells to the whole train. Buy an ipod.
Monday, December 14, 2009
It was Kroger water, too
At Least He's Honest
Which brings me to a story from last Thursday night on the train. There was a dude, selling water. I know, dudes sell stuff all the time, but he was the best darn salesman I've ever met. I mean, if I owned a company that sold stuff, by golly, I would hire him. I mean, that man could have talked me out of my last dollar for frozen bottled when it was 10 degrees outside (maybe I'm exaggerating on the temp, here, but I tell you what, I bought water just because he was SO good!). Some of his awesome salesman tactics were:
"Buy my ice cold water, guaranteed to make you a billionaire! And if it doesn't, then come back here and I will guarantee that you can buy another ice cold bottle of water!"
Thursday, December 10, 2009
I should be in control
But then mornings like this morning happen, and I'm not MARTA's biggest fan. The train, the 105 eastbound, to be exact, was having technical difficulties. They couldn't shut the door. Every stop, the doors would bang and then open again. Which, besides being annoying, made us late. So late that we missed two northbound trains out of Five Points. So late that I missed the 10b.
I love the 10b. It's my favorite thing about this commute. The bus is nice, the folks are nicer, we're like a community. You get to know one another because we're a regular crowd, all the office people going to work in the mornings and home in the evenings.
But besides that, if I miss the bus, I am hosed. I have to catch the 10 to CTC and then wait 15 minutes for the 50 when it's cold has heck this morning (37 degrees, to be exact, yay smartphones) and then take that bus to Powers Ferry and walk to my office, where as the 10b drops me off at the door. And none of the cars stopped to let me cross the road. What happened to pedestrians having the right of way?
Someone should make me the mayor, or govenor, or queen or something so I can make these people mind!
O well. To make us all smile, here's a couple of wierd transit news stories:
Lawn mowers no longer qualify for the HOV lanes
Somebody needs to tell those horse buggie fellas downtown not to stop off at Elliot Street before their shift!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Day Tripper
Monday, December 7, 2009
CCT hate pt 3
I WILL be on transit tomorrow - CCT I won't let you defeat me. Only crazy homeless dudes will deter me from my commuting adventures.
Special Thanks to the City of Austin
I fing hate CCT.
I hate CCT
Mondays on CCT
The 10b is such a lovely bus, and much better than the 10. They have nice luxury coaches for the 10b, with cushionie seats that recline, and the bus driver turns the lights off, and we're quite, and guess what? We inevitably fall asleep. So I dozed off this morning and woke up right before my stop.
But I forgot to press the stop requested button.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
This phone is a bad idea!
O lord
TMAtl in real time!
So it's 7:45 and I'm late, I hit the snooze button twice and so I missed my usual train. I'm screwed, no 10b for me this morning :(
MIA
But he let me stop at a Christmas store, so all was forgiven. I bought a train ornament. What has become of me?
Tomorrow the train goes up at the office, and then I will post my pictures of the Polar Express. Until then, I found another nutso who combines his love of art and transit:
Trash bags + train grates = art!