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appears with…

train — ...that have different types of row-houses.

train — I like all the towns that you pass...

train — I took the train down to DC.

train — On Saturday, a bunch of us met up to take the train up to Croton for Fatty's birthday!

train — Jane & Amanda

train — Sunny train ride home.

train — On Friday evening I took the train down to DC to visit my brother and family.

train — ...and then I took the train back into Helsinki.

train — Maddy couldn't keep her eyes open on the train ride home.

train — On Wednesday afternoon I headed up to Grand Central and took the train up north....

train — ...simultaneously.

train — Maddy likes to sit in multiple laps...

train — Met up with this gang to head up to Ellen and Hans'!

train — On Monday the whole family headed from DC...

train — Took the train down to DC to celebrate Max's birthday!

train — On Sunday morning I took the train down to DC!

train — Train lunch.

train — Unseasonably warm and in the high 50s!

train — Headed down to DC on the train.

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train — On Tuesday afternoon I took the train down to DC to spend a few days with LeagueApps' dev team.

train — Finished my tarot book on the train home.

train — Took the 4pm train back to NYC.

train — ...and felt as middle-aged as I look in this photo.

train — Caught the last train back into NYC...

train — Took us around ten hours to drive back up to DC, then I had a 4 hour train ride back to NYC!

train — We went up to Grand Central and caught the Metro North train up to...

train — On Friday night, I took the train down to South Jersey...

train — ...but it just turned out to be a guy with a similar-shaped noggin.

train — Got excited for a moment because I thought maybe Larry David was sitting a few seats away...

train — While standing on the platform waiting for the train to arrive to take me home, I instantly remembered why I left suburban Connecticut and moved to NYC. Always nice to be reminded that you made a decision that you're happy with.

train — Success!

train — On my way towards Paris.

train — I had a bunch of time before my flight so I decided to take a walk across the tracks...

train — On Sunday we got caught trying to bring Maddy onto the bus back to NY (NO DOGS ALLOWED!) and we ended up having to wait 2 hours and spend a lot of money to take the train home. (And we still had had to hide her because dogs weren't allowed on the train either!).

train — Karen, you look so kissable.

train — Airport shuttle.

train — Train ride sunset.

train — After work on Tuesday, I met Meredith at Penn Station...

train — On Friday night after work, Meredith and I took the train down to south Jersey to my parents house!

train — Just a 10 minute walk or so from the apartment is the waterfront.

train — On Sunday afternoon, Meredith and I took the train out to NJ to visit Scott and Erika. (Reading Stumbling on Happiness )

train — I love the weird waterways and overpasses as you head into NJ.

train — Marshlands.

train — <3

train — Tracks.

train — Scenic Jerz.

train — Pacman croissant.

train — On Saturday we got up bright and early to catch a train out to NJ for Lindsey's bridal shower.

train — She likes to watch stuff go past.

train — Marina and Fatty peeking through.

train — ...and took the Metro North up to Ellen's house for a Post-Thanksgiving Holiday Feast!

train — Point Pleasant Beach Station!

train — We also had Edie with us! Edie enjoys being in a bag!

train — Can come out? Will be quiet!

train — After 40 minutes of Maddy whining and trying to squeeze her face through cage, we decided we'd better let her out before she diced herself.

train — On Thursday night after work, we loaded this critter into her crate (Maddy HATE a crate!) and headed to Penn Station to catch the NJ Transit train to spend the holiday weekend with my family!

train — On Saturday evening I took the NJ Transit train out to my parent's house in New Jersey to help them clean out the basement in preparation for selling the house.

train — Homeward bound (with sunburned noses).

train — On Sunday afternoon I took an NJ Transit train out...

train — ...out to the Rahwah stop.

train — After an epic day of cleaning, I caught the last train back to NYC. And had my tiny mind blown by NJ Transit's brand new double-decker train cars. We are so living in the future.

train — After our meal, we went back to the apartment, packed up our bags, and hopped on NJ Transit to head out to my parent's house for Thanksgiving! Here's Meredith's impression of "someone from New Jersey."

train — ...to take the train out to New Jersey to visit my mom and dad. AND to help them clean out their garage. After 22 years of living in the same house in Succasunna, NJ - my parents had finally decided to sell the house and start moving down to Florida for the winter!

train — ...when we converted the bunk beds back into a seat, Meredith remarked that the top bunk "reeked like pee."

train — I flipped over the cushion that had been her mattress and...BLAMO...giant piss stain! Mystery solved!

train — Meredith thought she was the cat's meow for calling "top bunk!" But then the next morning...

train — As soon as we got on the train, we converted the seats in our train car into bunk beds!

train — A little before 11pm, we got to our train and were totally bummed to discover that we had seats instead of a sleeper car! When we were booking our tickets, the man at the travel agency had asked me something that was strangely worded, something like "Do you want to sleep in bunks or next to each other?" and I replied "Next to each other."

As soon as we saw our train seats, I thought back to this and realized that he'd been asking us if we wanted a sleeper car or just to sleep side by side sitting up in the seats. Doh. (I guess I just figured there was a different type of sleeper car where you could sleep in big pull out bed instead of bunk beds. Hi, I'm a moron).

train — ...headed west. We got off near Jones Beach...

train — I left work a little early on Tuesday to head to Penn Station. I met up with Fatty and Kip and we hopped on a LIRR train...

train — Turns out she just needed a nap.

train — Here's Mer (looking haunted) as our train prepares to leave Penn Station.

train — Strangely beautiful.

train — I love the way the water and grass contrasts with all the old, abandoned industrial train tracks and factories from when this area was huge manufacturing district.

train — On Sunday I took the train out to NJ to visit my parents and grandparents. For whatever reason, I only took pictures of the train ride and no pictures of people! Hahaha. I don't know why, but I really love the strange, swampy marshland that's in New Jersey right outside of New York City.

train — On the train back into town I ran into David Bonan from high school! This guy was a year younger than me and I don't think I'd seen him since some time back in the early nineties. Anyway, I recognized him and said hi and then started telling me that he'd recently become a "radical bike activist." So I just Googled him and sure enough, there's an article about him on a biking site. But even more interestingly, according to they New York Times, he ran as a candidate the 2004 Senatorial races! (So what if he lost 169 votes to 21,506 votes? How many people ever voted for YOU to be Senator?) Happy Thanksgiving!

train — On Thursday morning, Grant grabbed the NJ Transit train with me out to my parent's house...

train — On Sunday afternoon I took the train out to Jersey to hang out with my parents. Here's a picture of the (super-hot stripper-looking) girl that passed out on the train next to me. When we arrived at Dover (which is the last stop on the train) she told me this crazy story about how she lived down at the Jersey Shore but her friend was picking her up in Northeast Jersey and she had lost all her money and phone. I let her borrow my phone and then my Dad & I waited with her on the train platform making (aw-aw-awkward) small talk while we waited for her friend to show up. That is all.

train — ...Tha Grizza! Talk about the two best Thanksgiving guests of all time! We hopped on an NJ Transit Train headed westward towards Succasunna, NJ (where I grew up!).

train — Meredith took some nice photos. And then took some pictures of Grant...

train — Die The on Wednesday night, Grant and Meredith took the NJTransit Train out to NJ with me to spend Thanksgiving dinner with my family! (More of this coming soon in a whole separate entry).

train — Look who fell asleep on the train again?

train — And here he is a few minutes later trying to knock the camera out of my hand after he suddenly woke up when I giggled too loud while leaning in close to take another "sleepy guy" photo.

train — ...then Doug and I took the NJ Transit train down to Sea Side Heights to meet up with my buddy Scott who was down there on vacation with his sister and his two kids. Here's Doug crashed out on the train with his sleepy seatmate.

train — Aw, yeah Egg McMuffin - lemme hear ya!

train — ...and then hopped the train back home to NYC for some Saturday night action out on the town. Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

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Waitng to be picked up at the Asbury train station.

memorial day out in nj

May 26, 2003