The only blog written from the NYC Subway system

This week is pretty much a waste of a week. Today, Monday, is a normal day but that’s about it.
Tomorrow, a few less people on the subway. Wednesday, for get about it. The subway will look like a ghost town (compared to a normal weekday).
Honestly, how much work is possibly going to get done this [...]

As I stand in this already over crowded subway car, I can’t help but dread the coming holiday rush. Starbucks has already rolled out the red coffee cups! So you know that means it is downhill from here.
Soon, the out of town shoppers will be here. They will start to invade the transit system. [...]

The trains are straight up retarded this week. I’m standing here waiting for the train that the annoucer just said is 5 stops away still.
I’m going to have to claw my way onto this train if I plan on getting home before the sun comes up again. All week it has been like this. One [...]

Has anyone else noticed the increase of subway conductors spewing travel information over the subway PA systems? Apparently, they are now being told to specifically mention certain tourist attractions near stops.
The Daily News reports that subway conductors are now plugging the “Top of the Rock”…because G.E. is a struggling company? I don’t think [...]

There is a youth hostel a few blocks from where I live, and we share the same subway stop. So every now and again, you’ll run into a group of international tourists on the platform. The funky style and NYC tourism books usually give them away.
This morning, there are dozens of internationals on the platform. [...]

Sorry to everyone who was expecting the usual afternoon post. I left work 30 minutes early and headed to the Bronx to catch the tonight’s game. On the way up here I rode by car with a buddy from work, hence no Live update this afternoon.
I just left the stadium after the end of the [...]

Talk about the party thay never ends. Or should I say, the freak show that never ends. I was dragged to Chevy’s in Times Square for dinner. Normally, I don’t enjoy a chain restaurant in the city. There are just so many other good places. But, I figured what the hell, I hadn’t been to [...]

 
Few things suck more than getting stuck at work late. One of those I getting stuck at work late on a FRIDAY. Really, you look forward to that feeling of freedom as you hit the doors at 5:05PM. The only upside is that the subway is pretty empty right now. I even got a seat.
It [...]