I have been toying with new routes into and out of Oakland for the past several weeks. Today I think I hit a total of 4 buses total for the round trip from Munhall. Started the day as usual on the 53F and jumped off at Grant St., even in this cold, and ran/walked to [...]
So, after a rather trying evening at The Waterfront, I figure there is no choice to get home but to take a bus from 8th Avenue in Homestead to Homestead Park where I live. My son and I just missed the 7:05 p.m. 53F so we had about 45 minutes to kill on the avenue. [...]
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53F inbound this morning … and at the bus stop, a rare, pleasant conversation with a fellow rider. Not that the pleasant aspect of it was rare, but the conversation was considering I am not usually very talkative in the morning (at least until I’ve had a venti in me). The conversation focused on Halloween [...]
The trip out of town (Oakland) was cold, wet and crowded, as usual. I grab the 53F at practically the last stop outbound and it is usually filled to the brim. I usually get to stand at least until the first or second stop on 8th Avenue in Homestead and it starts clearing out a [...]