Here's a nice little stroll you can do through Los Angeles: Koreatown to Little Bangladesh to Larchmont: a stroll through Los Angeles First, get yourself to the Wilshire/Vermont metro station. You can get to this station quite easily on the Red Line or Purple Line metros. Supposing you start off at Union Station -- then… Continue reading A walk through Los Angeles: Koreatown to Little Bangladesh to Larchmont
When I was little, I had a secret fantasy of attending Claremont McKenna College. If I had known then as I know now that it's right by Loserville, I probably would have squashed that idea. But I hadn't really researched the place. My romantic notions of the place were based solely on the fact that… Continue reading Claremont McKenna
Every year at Christmas time, the Norwegian embassy puts a Christmas tree in the main train station in Washington DC. It's an ugly looking tree: Norwegian Tree at Union Station They do this every year. I don't know for how long, but back when I was passing through Union Station all the time in the… Continue reading The Norwegian Tree at Union Station
I have been to San Antonio twice now, so you might assume that I saw the Alamo. Yes, the Alamo of "Remember the Alamo" fame. However, both of my visits lasted only about an hour, and took place in the middle of the night, because my visits to the city have actually been train stops… Continue reading Sneaking off to see the Alamo while at the San Antonio train stop
A few years ago, I took the Sunset Limited train from New Orleans all the way to Loserville, that is, Los Angeles, that is, Trashyville. Such a romantic way to travel. It took two days and two nights. This is the train's route. And as I rocked gently and peacefully to the train's railtrack lullaby,… Continue reading A mass-shooting tour of the USA, mostly by train
I was waiting at the metro stop when a man got off the train. His pants were wet, and then he just stood there and made them even more wet, and an almighty puddle formed around him. Then he very theatrically raised his arms in the air, dropped down right over the tracks, and draped… Continue reading Is the Los Angeles metro safe? Part 8
When Taylor Swift was doing her tour this year, I saw lots of news articles about the "Taylor Swift" effect on public transit, and how people were taking the metro and buses to her concerts, and it was invigorating essential city infrastructure! So, given that Loserville (aka Los Angeles) is one of the biggest cities… Continue reading Los Angeles metro trying to be good
Because Trash Angeles is literally the world's nastiest city and the big public embarrassment ever, the best strategy for riding the metro is to sit in the very first car. So that if anyone decides they want to beat you up, you can at least knock on the driver's door and hopefully that will stop… Continue reading Is the Los Angeles metro safe? Part 6
I got on the metro at night after dark. Bad idea, but that's how it went. It was a Saturday night. By some miracle, my train section was completely empty. I relaxed ... for two stops. Then, a man gets on. There's 5 other train sections that he can sit in, but he has to… Continue reading Is the Los Angeles metro safe? Part 5
The short answer is that nothing about Trash Angeles is safe. It's a trashy city that gets trashier and filthier by the second. I got on the metro on a Sunday night. It was already dark. This is not the smartest decision in the world to make. But that was how it turned out. However,… Continue reading Is the Los Angeles metro safe? Part 4
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