things the mta taught me (that i already knew)

1. battery park is two blocks away from the whitehall street N/R stop. it is home to the staten island ferry and the sphere from the world trade center.

2. city hall has an outstanding park just outside the subway station.

3. times square is the light bulb capital of the world.

in a land where simply understanding your conductor's proclamations is a luxury you are rarely afforded, it is such a refreshing change to have a voice over the loudspeaker that's telling you something that you actually want to hear. and while he doesn't beat the guy who gave us a history of chinatown while passing through the stop at canal street, let's give a big round of applause for the man helming the train that passed through 59th street at precisely 2:01 pm on the little owl's birthday.

and now, tequila!