It’s mornings like these that prove why people want to live in New York City. The weather is perfect! Even your mundane morning walk to the subway is a joy.

I found myself strolling my way to the subway. After I get off the train, I’d imagine there will be even more of that as I walk to the office.

Another nice thing is that the subway itself isn’t 104 degrees…yet. So, there’s no sweating standing still.

So the next few days of warm, but still mild temps are rare, but it does make riding to work seem a little less like a chore.

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

The Budweiser Select subway ads are back promoting the Tribeca Film Festival again.   They always make me laugh because you don’t think of beer and movies.  You especially never think of the sophisticated film arts crowd and Bud Select.  But there they are, all over the subway.

Clearly, Bud pays for the ads as part of their association with the Film Festival.  So, the Film Festival is just happy go get whatever free advertising they can.  Completely understandable.

So here’s an idea.  I think they should promote that you get a free beer with your ticket when you come to see the films.  Granted, I don’t think that they have much problem selling tickets.  It tends to be a celebrity hotspot.  Even celebs not involved in a specific film show up to “support the art.” 

Last year’s ads are the exact same ones they used this year.  Instead, they should have on there that you get a Bud or two for free during the movie.  I’d probably go…even though it’s cheap beer. 

Who drinks Bud Select anyway?  And what ever happened to Zima?   I digress. 

You know what always makes me laugh? The announcements that say, “Ladies and gentlemen, please help keep the subway clean and litter free. Dispose of trash…”

Keep the subway clean? That implies that the subway is clean in the first place, and that all we need to do is help maintain it. Clearly, that’s no where near the case.

How about, “Please help keep the sewer system clean…” Yeah, doesn’t make much sense either.

Maybe if the subway stations and trains were cleaned on a more regular basis, more people would feel obligated to chip in by cleaning up after themselves.

You have to figure that more regular cleanings would help make the system last longer. Parts of the system start falling apart because years of corrosive grime start to pile up. The trains themselves would probably suffer less wear and tear if they were cleaned top to bottom.

In the mean time, the announcement should be changed to something like, “Please help keep the subway from getting worse…”

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

You know what always makes me laugh? The announcements that say, “Ladies and gentlemen, please help keep the subway clean and litter free. Dispose of trash…”

Keep the subway clean? That implies that the subway is clean in the first place, and that all we need to do is help maintain it. Clearly, that’s no where near the case.

How about, “Please help keep the sewer system clean…” Yeah, doesn’t make much sense either.

Maybe if the subway stations and trains were cleaned on a more regular basis, more people would feel obligated to chip in by cleaning up after themselves.

You have to figure that more regular cleanings would help make the system last longer. Parts of the system start falling apart because years of corrosive grime start to pile up. The trains themselves would probably suffer less wear and tear if they were cleaned top to bottom.

In the mean time, the announcement should be changed to something like, “Please help keep the subway from getting worse…”

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

Trade your power suit for a wetsuit. Leave your loafers at home, and take your fins. You’ll be much better off.

There’s water on the tracks all over. I just heard an announcement that there’s water on the tracks in the Bronx, so uptown 3 trains will terminate at 96th Street. Glad I’m not on that line.

My train seems to be running at half speed. It pulls in and out of the stations very slowly. At one point there were people walking faster on the platform than the train.

Walking down the first flight of steps from street level, I was greeted by 4 inches of water at the bottom. Tried to jump it, but just barely missed. Squishy shoes for me today. Yay.

I’m looking around at people on the train and many don’t have umbrellas. What the hell are you thinking people? 7 or so inches of rain in Central Park yesterday wasn’t hint enough that maybe this storm requires more than a wind breaker?

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Seriously? It’s not expected to be of the snow variety, but there’s tons of rain expected. 50 MPH winds too.

That will make for a lovely Sunday night/Monday morning subway commute. Usually, a little rain doesn’t cause too many delays. A ton of rain, however, will mess things up all over.

The system will be in the midst of swithing from light weekend service to regular weekday service. So, there will already be fewer trains rolling when the storm begins. Flooding then usually causes poweroutages. So getting the weekday trains back online will probably be slow.

Long story short, your Monday morning commute has major f **k-up potential.

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

In light of this morning’s driving rain, SUBWAYblogger will not be attending the ground breaking for the Second Avenue line. Hell, they may have even postponed it, who knows.

They were requiring that the press check in by 9am for the ceremony that wasn’t supposed to start until 10:30am. Screw that! I’m not standing around for an hour and a half on a dry day let alone in the pouring rain.

Instead, there’s plenty of other news to cover in the city. Sharpton’s attempt to remain politically relevant outside CBS, Bill Clinton will be at an event downtown, Arnold Swartzenegger (sp?) will be giving a speech in the city today, and the elephants are going to cruise the floor at MSG. So, there’s plenty of “less wet” news to cover.

Unfortunately, none of it is subway related. Boooo.

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

In light of this morning’s driving rain, SUBWAYblogger will not be attending the ground breaking for the Second Avenue line. Hell, they may have even postponed it, who knows.

They were requiring that the press check in by 9am for the ceremony that wasn’t supposed to start until 10:30am. Screw that! I’m not standing around for an hour and a half on a dry day let alone in the pouring rain.

Instead, there’s plenty of other news to cover in the city. Sharpton’s attempt to remain politically relevant outside CBS, Bill Clinton will be at an event downtown, Arnold Swartzenegger (sp?) will be giving a speech in the city today, and the elephants are going to cruise the floor at MSG. So, there’s plenty of “less wet” news to cover.

Unfortunately, none of it is subway related. Boooo.

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

SUBWAYblogger is officially OVER this cold weather, but dreading the heat. Yes, basically screwed either way.

The cold snaps are just getting old. I’m tired of having to wear bulky jackets. I’m especially tired of it because it’s too cold to not have a jacket on the street, but then it’s just warm enough to sweat your ass off in the subway.

Unfortunately, after it starts to warm up, it will only be a matter of a few days before the subway turns into an oven. So, it will go from sweating in a light jacket to sweating in your skin.

Gross.

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…