http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:07 -0700 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:43:41 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d30-Subway-sociopaths-part-one?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner If you’re looking for a story about the next Bernie Getz or Dexter, sorry, try Scotland Yard.In past articles, I think I’ve more than established my unique affection for the NYC subway system. Maybe you can call it more of a love/hate rel... rude behavior antisocial inconsiderate bicycles Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:43:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d30-Subway-sociopaths-part-one?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d29-Digging-up-NYC-Transits-secret-underground-construction?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner I travel in some interesting circles and for years I’ve heard rumors (and even conspiracy theories) about mega constructions taking place below Manhattan. Trying to find the facts is about as easy as digging these subterranean bat caves. Fortun... subway construction tunnels NYCT Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:33:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d29-Digging-up-NYC-Transits-secret-underground-construction?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d15-No-moleste?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner What happens in Vegas... well, as far as I'm concerned, what happens gets reported by your humble Underground Travel Examiner. I'm back from a week working at the Riviera, paid my taxes and lived to see another year as an un-incarcerated model citize... Las Vegas do not disturb drunks Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:28:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d15-No-moleste?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d2-Governor-saves-the-Governor?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner The Associated Press reports that  Gov. David Paterson has added $7 million to the $12 million Governors Island operating budget for the 2009 season. NY1 News also adds that “Governors Island will be open to the public for at least another... governors island day trips outdoors free Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:03:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d2-Governor-saves-the-Governor?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d1-My-Area-51-janitor-career?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner  During my travels, I’ve often had to pick up odd jobs during ‘extended layovers’. About four years ago in Nevada, I had to do just such a vocation vacation. Some call it Dreamland, some call it Area 51 or Groom Lake. A rose by... area 51 dreamland roswell ufo secret bases velcro Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:37:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d1-My-Area-51-janitor-career?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d30-Governors-Island-update?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner From last week's New York Times:A Divorce for Governors IslandPublished: March 26, 2009Governors Island, that enticing 172-acre piece of real estate just off Manhattan’s shore, has been tantalizing urban planners for decades. Since its long-ago... Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:04:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d30-Governors-Island-update?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d27-My-theme-park-ride-operator-career-part-3-Charles-in-charge?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner Charles was some kind of middle-management senior ride operator and was working his way up the ET/Universal ladder. He was around thirty years old and, as I overheard, an ex-Marine. He was nice enough, but he always seemed to have the weight of the w... Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:48:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d27-My-theme-park-ride-operator-career-part-3-Charles-in-charge?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d25-My-theme-park-ride-operator-career-part-2-ET-calls-back?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner It was December, 1994, in North Hollywood. A full-page ad in the LA Sunday Times job section said it all. Universal Studios Theme Park was hiring temporary help for the month. I figured, “What the hell, grocery money AND another ‘life exp... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:35:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d25-My-theme-park-ride-operator-career-part-2-ET-calls-back?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d23-My-theme-park-ride-operator-career-part-one?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner Travel with me to those days of yesteryear, you know the ones I mean. Those overlapping, mis-eqinoxed, mester-cusped days of torture that lay between opening day at all the amusement parks and the last day of school.I never questioned the bad timing.... amusement parks theme parks Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:13:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d23-My-theme-park-ride-operator-career-part-one?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Underbelly-of-a-cruise-ship-part-3-Dancing-on-the-moon?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner   “Dancing on the moon, with you in my arms.”These are the opening words of a 1935 Max Fleischer Musical Cartoon that I used to see now and then when I was a kid. A parade of animals, one male and one female of each species, go ... Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:40:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Underbelly-of-a-cruise-ship-part-3-Dancing-on-the-moon?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d18-Underbelly-of-a-cruise-ship-part-2-its-showtime?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner Welcome back, my friends, to the cruise that never ends. In this installment, come take a peek behind the curtain with me, where every sequin is stuck on with crazy glue and every seam is stapled at the last second while you’re being introduced... Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:32:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d18-Underbelly-of-a-cruise-ship-part-2-its-showtime?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d16-The-underbelly-of-a-cruise-ship-part-one?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner  For a brief period (two years) of opportunistic curiosity, I worked on cruise ships, or, as I lovingly referred to them, three thousand drunks and one designated driver. I had heard it was one of the easiest ways to sit back and make a very dec... cruise behind the scenes expose Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:05:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d16-The-underbelly-of-a-cruise-ship-part-one?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Subway-virgin-101?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner Welcome to the jungle, we take it day by day~ Guns N’ RosesHey, whadda you lookin’ at? Youse reading this because youse comin’ to NYC and youse doin’ some research? Is dat your story? Whadda you writin’ a book? Make it a... subway NYC commuter public transporation etiquette Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:47:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Subway-virgin-101?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d11-Man-of-means-by-no-means?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner Just checking in to see how you’re doing. So, how are you doing? How are they treating you? How’s the car running?How are they treating you and How’s the car running are great ice breakers. If you travel as much as I do, you are alw... coffee kitchenette coffee pots funnels roughing it Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:52:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d11-Man-of-means-by-no-means?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d9-Some-fear-no-loathing-the-Vegas-to-LA-run?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner Do you know the way to San Jose? Maybe I do and maybe I don’t, but I do know that the only sane way from Las Vegas to Los Angeles is Interstate 15.Dwight Eisenhower is credited as the father of the Interstate Highway System. From what I hear, a... Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:17:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d9-Some-fear-no-loathing-the-Vegas-to-LA-run?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d8-You-ought-to-be-in-pictures?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner  I’ve received many emails commenting on my frequent use of motion pictures and television shows as analogies and allegories to get my point across. That’s like me saying, “Hey, why do you like oatmeal?”I really wasn&rsqu... movies acting extra casting Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:31:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d8-You-ought-to-be-in-pictures?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d5-A-love-letter-to-my-car?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner A man once said, "I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride." Another man once said, "Sometimes I sit up at night and wonder how I ever got this far, but I guess I'll always pull out from under 'long as I got a car and guitar."Okay, I... car eisenhower interstate system traffic Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:20:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d5-A-love-letter-to-my-car?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Vegas-baby?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner For three years, from Spring 1995 to Spring 1998, I drove around North America on a non-stop road trip. I didn’t officially live anywhere. I registered my car with my folks and had a phone line installed in their basement. I also got an 800 num... Las Vegas Casino sight seeing Nevada Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:55:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Vegas-baby?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d2-Leave-the-driving-to-anybody-but-me?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner Escape From New York is more than just a Kurt Russell movie. It’s one of almost every New Yorker’s periodic challenge. To massacre an old chestnut, you have to know peace to appreciate war.Sometimes it’s off to a summer rental or a ... bus travel tickets passenger boston Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:46:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d2-Leave-the-driving-to-anybody-but-me?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d1-Urban-death-marching?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner There’s been a lot of movies and television shows about New York City. Many have barely scratched the surface of what it’s like to live here. Some barely have a toe in reality. A brave few have captured the beloved hustle, angst, neurosis... hiking power walking city sports Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:58:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4489-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d1-Urban-death-marching?cid=exrss-NY-Underground-Travel-Examiner