--- paul glowaski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i'm trying to figure out the best way to get into brooklyn from vt. and i know
> i'm just asking for it going into the belly of the beast for a slip show, but
> damn, how can you resist that shit...
I wouldn't even TRY to resist it, Paul. And it's not as hard as you might think.
I was in nothern New Jersey last month and wanted to see a bluegrass band called
Greasy Beans in mid-town Manhattan on a Thursday night. I thought about borrowing
my mother-in-law's car to drive in, but then decided to check out the transit
system. I found a New Jersey Transit train that took me right to Penn Station and
it was an easy walk from there. (New York streets are NOTHING liek they were 15
years ago; very nice now.) Even better, I had such a great experience that I
continued to take the NJT, the NY subway, and the Long Island RR for the next WEEK
as I checked out Yankee Stadium, visted the Empire State Building, and went to a
friend's wedding reception... and there's nothing sweeter than flying by cars that
are stopped bumper-to-bumper as they try to get through the Holland Tunnel or across
the George or race at 5 mph on the BQE. In fact, I liked it SO much that I'm
sitting here drinking my morning joe out of a giant mug with the entire NYC subway
system plastered on the outside of it.
Bottom line, don't sweat it. Check out the transit system, have a good book or some
sweet BAM in the headphones, pack a bottle of water, and hit the transit system. In
an increasingly fast-paced, gotta-be-there yesterday world, taking the train is the
perfect antidote -- and I think it's actually faster. (chuckle...)
+ Pastor Tim
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"Thrice you have rescued me from falling grace:
Once when I was a beggar and you were the rain on my face,
Once when I was crippled and you carried me,
And once when the blindness of others taught me how to see..."
-- The Slip, "Tinderbox" (Angels Come On Time, 2002)
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