Alright I admit it… I’ve gotten a little too LA with regard to transportation. I love my car. I love everything about having a car – convenience, preservation of personal space and the ability to zip across the city at will. Good times.
But the thing about having a car is that it makes you kind of location-impaired. That light bulb moment happened to me when I came downtown for a meeting. I usually drive to these things, but I decided to take public transportation. Mind you, that’s all I ever did before I had the car, but once you go car, you never go back. Or so they say…
So here I am walking on sunshine, totally over-stimulated with all the traffic and crowds dashing to and fro. It’s been a while since I ventured from the cocoon of my car, but this rare glimpse into sidewalk life has given me the opportunity to once again stop and see, and experience. To my delight, I was able to sample one of my favorite past times – people watching. Post meeting, I also walked around checking out window displays, sidewalk café menus, etc. I even had a bit of an encounter with some out-of-towners. We had a nice exchange on favorite Chicago venues.
So that’s my lesson. Life sparkles a bit more when I get out of my car, and take a walk in the sun.
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Tags: public transportation, sidewalk life, sun, sunshine, walking
I'm an anomaly in that not only do I not own a car, I don't want one. Family and friends deride me for it, and women, well for the most part they ain't having none of it.
I've owned cars and I miss driving, buti dont think it is as much a convenience as people are led to believe, or more aptly 'lulled' to believe.
I could go on, but we are already convinced, so why bother.
I've never understood why women are so repulsed by men who don't drive cars. Driving is such a stressful thing in Chicago.
Gentlemen,
I'm neither close-minded nor repulsed by men who decide not to own or drive cars.
To each his own mode of transportation.