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Holy suitcases batman!  Where the hell is everyone going today? Everywhere I look, there’s people with suitcases trying to get onto the subway.  I guess everyone is getting out of dodge for the weekend.  Maybe they figured that they would avoid the Memorial Day weekend traffic and just go the next weekend.  I love how [...]

Well, there’s no crazies on the train this morning…at least that I am aware of. And I didn’t see anything out of the ordinarty either. So that’s usually when I start to look around the train a little carefully. The subway billboard ads are where I look first. I’ve seen the School of Visual Arts [...]

They are handing out free gum samples at the entrances to the subway today.  At first, it’s like “Ooo…free goodies!”  Then you realize, “Wait, am I taking candy from a stranger?” Stride Gum.  Flavor:  Winterblue.  This is the most ghetto looking gum packaging I’ve seen.  Honestly, I thought it might be a gag.  It was [...]

I’m standing near the tallest man I have ever seen! How he rides the train is amazing to me. He’s so tall that his shoulders touch the ceiling just inside the doors. He doesn’t just have to bend is neck a little to avoid hitting his head. He has to all out bend over! On [...]

Just about every outfit you see on the subway is a “fashion don’t.” Did you ever find yourself riding the train wondering if you are the only normal looking one on board? In the winter, it’s cold. People just look like idiots because they are wearing whatever they can to stay warm. In the summer [...]

This weekend, New Yorkers saw their first run of hot weather. It wasn’t even that hot, but it was enough to break a good sweat. It makes SUBWAYblogger dread the first true heatwave. You know it’s coming, and it just sucks to think about it mostly because of the dreadful heat in the subway. The [...]

No, there isn’t a “Village People” convention in town. It’s fleet week. Sailors and Navy staffers are all over midtown this week. Usually, as the week goes on, the crew begins to spread out more and more. You’ll end up finding them in the subway headed for the far most reaches of the island. One [...]

Winner…Jameson whiskey. Have you seen this campaign? It is by far my favorite in a long time. Finally, a campaign with a good sense of humor specifically targeted at subway riders. Here’s some favorite quotes… Why people enjoy Jameson “Maybe because ‘Next round on me’ is easier to understand than ‘stanclearclosindoor’.” “Maybe people like Jameson [...]