tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23235300768425751662024-03-07T23:02:09.665-08:00Bursting My Car BubbleBursting My Car Bubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811580265595956638noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323530076842575166.post-2325451890909758262010-09-06T20:52:00.000-07:002010-10-31T15:55:10.203-07:00Paris Biking<!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment-->Bursting My Car Bubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811580265595956638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323530076842575166.post-60292987035426058962010-07-01T20:38:00.000-07:002010-07-06T13:30:06.954-07:00An Ocean Sunset and Sean PennMy bike has been languishing in the garage of late.Three weeks ago I discovered the wonder of on-demand streaming video. I learned that my ten dollar per month Netflix subscription allows me to download and watch a boat load of movies and TV shows on my computer (this may be old news to many, but it's whiz-bang new to me). I have spent more hours than I care to admit viewing five seasons of theBursting My Car Bubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811580265595956638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323530076842575166.post-46735550660955513492010-05-26T19:49:00.000-07:002010-08-02T09:52:48.073-07:00Chinatown form the DASH-eye view<!--StartFragment--> I continue on my quest to get around with less car and more public transportation. While in downtown Los Angeles one Thursday, I had three hours free between the training sessions I was presenting and decided to take the local DASH bus and discover more of downtown Los Angeles. Outside the Hall of Justice on Temple Street near Spring, I boarded the downtown DASH bus B line,Bursting My Car Bubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811580265595956638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323530076842575166.post-43546873245498444712010-05-14T22:46:00.000-07:002010-05-26T20:40:00.493-07:00Homeward Bound from LAXRecently when I planned my return trip from a long weekend in Colorado, I considered how I'd get home from the airport. As I seek more car-free transportation opportunities and I had heard there was a bus, I checked Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus schedule (www.bigbluebus.com) for instructions. Before I would commit to this unknown airport transit alternative, I considered my options.First option:Bursting My Car Bubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811580265595956638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323530076842575166.post-4092116521139724282010-05-02T19:11:00.000-07:002010-08-02T09:50:38.165-07:00A Big Leap: Crossing Los Angeles without a Car<!--StartFragment--> With my new determination to get around without a car once a week, on a recent Saturday I expanded my view and decided to make a car-less visit to my mother in Pasadena - 27 miles across metropolitan Los Angeles. This was a big step for me as I'm still new to L.A. bus travel and I had yet to experience on L.A.'s light rail system. This was hardly the expedient way to Bursting My Car Bubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811580265595956638noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323530076842575166.post-4137550291915198672010-04-25T16:36:00.000-07:002010-06-02T16:38:43.752-07:00The Goddess and the Congressman<!--StartFragment--> In the interest in a little planet saving, I have recently resolved to not use my car at least one day a week and to get around by bike and bus instead. This does not come naturally in Southern California where our cars could be counted as second homes. As a free-lance training specialist, my work schedule varies from week to week. In the preceding week I had driven Bursting My Car Bubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811580265595956638noreply@blogger.com3