How to cross the street

[jtniehof]

A lesson in two easy steps.

Step one: Look both ways

Step two: Walk 2½ miles.


I had to leave the city to cross the street. Yes, yes, marathon day, I should have known...but I checked. Brookline's web site specifically says motor vehicles can't cross Beacon. And nowhere in the list of modified T service does it say you'll only be able to reach the north half of town. So pedestrians crossing the street would, I think, be a reasonable assumption.

Comments

[hockeycat.livejournal.com]

Um...

D'oh?

[konoha.livejournal.com]

LAWL.

[diatomacearth.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sucks. I hope you weren't in a hurry.

I once accidentally extended a stroll by several miles by crossing the JFK bridge from Cambridge, thinking I could take the next bridge to the east back across the river--only to find that I couldn't actually get to that bridge from the pedestrian walkway along Storrow Drive. I wasn't brave enough to make a mad dash across Storrow on foot, so I just kept going until I hit the Mass Ave bridge.

When I got home and mapped out my route on Google Maps, I found out that from start to finish, I'd walked ten miles, consecutively. Three or four consecutive miles is a good pleasure walk for me; five if I want to push myself.

I didn't make it to Shelley's party, so, uh, obviously I did not see you there. I have NO TIME for the next week and a half or so (several major projects due at the same time), but I'll be freer after that, if you wanted to meet up for something.

[zendzian.livejournal.com]

here's an idea:

on marathon monday, if you have to go out, pin some numbers onto your shirt. then, if you need to cross the street, they'll see the numbers and probably let you go.