A Seattle Perspective On A Hollywood Bus
Added on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Aus-car the Transit Grouch is a Seattle based transit blogger and family man. It seems that he, much to his wife’s chagrin, enjoys taking his kids on “bus adventures” in Seattle. Whether or not this counts as child abuse these days, I don’t know, but he does it anyways. On a recent trip to Los Angeles though, he did the unthinkable… suggested to his family that they take the bus to see a movie at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. Not surprisingly, the only person who took him up on his offer was his 5-year old daughter. His story of a ride to Hollywood on a Metro Local 2 with his daughter offers a charming and insightful look at our buses through the eyes of an outsider on an adventure.
Here’s one of my favorite bits:
My wife called via cell phone as we walked — she’d just arrived in line and was hoping and praying that we wouldn’t be too late. Apparently, some of her relatives had been laying side bets on how late we would be. The consensus was that we had no chance to get there by showtime. We got there 10 minutes early. Ha!
Read Aus-car’s story here: “A Bus to Hollywood”



