a gorgeous daytrip to San Antonio

[Jon Ford]

Mike-- sounds like you had a great old time! The only time I take mass 
transit is when I'm in New York where I become a fanatical subway rider, 
eagerly plotting out the shortest routes and marvelling at the strange 
characters that lurk there as well as the friendly New Yorkers always ready 
to help you along. Around here, I always take my car except once when I had 
to get from Palo Alto to El Cerrito by Cal Train and BART to pick up my 
daughter's car for her. A frightening experience indeed but I survived 
despite losing $10 in the ticket machine in San Francisco, the "not so 
friendly" city.

Jon



>From: Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@ando.pair.com>
>To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: a gorgeous daytrip to San Antonio
>Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 10:05:03 -0500
>
>it is a hole week now since i daytripped to SA
>by Greyhound.
>
>i was met at the SA bus station by Joe and Ceci
>Martinez before noon and whisked away to La
>Fonda restaurant. Joe who is 75 and recovering
>from multiple heart operations said - I think
>I see a woman I know, i dint turn around as
>that would be rude, and Terrelita sat down
>next to me. we 4 lunched long into the afternoon
>so i face to faced with Terrelita for many hours.
>
>Joe knew I planned to phone Terrelita so the
>cool dude invited her to join us at the restaurant.
>what a guy!
>
>the 6:20 bus back to Austin got in early, again
>non-stop around 1 h 30 minutes, bus half full and
>very loud as bored travelers noodled on their cell
>phones. and the Red River #15 bus was a block away
>its bus stop across the street from the Austin bus
>station right when got to the bus stop after
>exiting the Greyhound bus. this is behind Highland
>Mall if you've never been there. spoiled as i was
>by the easy leg from San Antonio to Austin, it
>seemed like the Red River bus took ever so long to
>get from Highland Mall, into and out of the HEB on
>41st street & Red River, downtown on San Jacinto,
>pull a right at 11th, pull a left at Congress, and
>down Congress to 7th where i get off.
>
>trotted home with still some light in sky
>
>now that's day tripping! my roommate has our car
>on Wednesdays
>
>Mike the blythe blogger
>

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