advantage of whatever was at my disposal. If I missed my train, the one going the opposite direction would come only a few minutes later, and hop, I’d be on it, destination Fullerton train station
café to savor a cold beer before hopping on the Amtrak, and getting a “refill” in my “Red Cup” (alcohol can only be served in cups within the café’ s patio… some type of law, I believe). Of
course, that wasn’t an ideal solution for my liver, so I started taking ano-ther bus, the 25 which would arrive earlier at Buena Park. Things have changed, I’m back to the 21 which has tremendousy improved, but I still have my pass up to Fullerton, just in case,
or if we decide to start Happy Hour early!
If you have an appointment, or absolutely need to be somewhere on time, just don’t go with the bus that the Trip-Planner is suggesting, pick the one (or two depending on the importance of the appointment) before. I do two. If the first early one doesn’t show up or breaks down, I have the second one. If it happens again, (it did before, a bus broke down, and its replacement broke down too… these are the odds), there’s still one more to get me on time. And, if by all means, the transportation Gods are with me and I get there super-early, I just cool my heels at a coffee shop!
Also, don’t wait for the last bus of the evening to get home, or you better have a Lyft or Uber account. Fortunately, nowadays, it is more difficult to get stranded with all the technology we have at our disposa
9 - Ceres Magazine - Winter 2016
Photograph by Al Mohymont
Rites & Priests
Empower
yourself
with quotes!
"The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off."
~ Gloria Steinem ~
Look at everything as though you were
seeing it either for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
~ Betty Smith ~
Photo by Lands of Void
You may be disappointed if you fail,
but you are doomed if you don't try.
~ Beverly Sills ~
Take a bus earlier