Go Metro!
// November 25th, 2009 // I Love LA.
Last night around midnight I rode the underground Los Angeles Metro train from Burbank to my apartment in Koreatown. My previously trusty Volkswagen Beetle had heartbreakingly stopped on me, like a stubborn mule.
While trying to park my car I’d been unable to shift into reverse and figured the clutch was acting up, maybe for attention, even though I touched it daily. I was in a rush to get into a dive coffee shop, The Coffee Gallery, to support my friend Brandon’s stand up act so I figured I’d deal with it when I came back.
Upon returning, however, I discovered much to my chagrin that playing rough with my gearshift all those times had finally paid off for the worst. Since I obviously couldn’t get home idled in neutral, I called AAA, an amazing company, by the way. I joined them on the spot, paying my $47 and was eligible then and there for my first of three tow calls, each up to 7 miles. A win in the midst of tragedy. The rose sprouting from the center of the ashes.
Frederick, my brother who so very luckily for me happened to be caught by my side during this ordeal, and myself called our friends hoping they would drive us home after the tow. The consensus was that yes, they could drive 20 miles out of their way to pick us up, drive us home, then drive themselves back home and try to get some rest before another day of Los Angeles work, but did they want to? Not so much. Did we want to put them through that in the middle of a Tuesday night? Not really.
The underground Los Angeles Metro train was indeed our powerful savior, to the rescue in our time of dire need. Our affable AAA tow truck guy, Steve, dropped us off at the Metro station a few blocks from the mechanic’s shop. Frederick then leapt into action as our courageous guide. He navigated the Metro system, first onto the Metro gold line that dropped us off at a near empty Union Station downtown, then the Metro purple line, like the captain of a smooth sailing ship, his bald head aerodynamically lead the way.
The Metro trains were each about a quarter full of weary, quiet passengers, allowing us to take seats where we pleased. The purple line plopped us several blocks from our final destination. Home. Frederick and I ran across the empty Wilshire Boulevard as I grasped my pepper spray, so THANKFUL to be home at last! Go Metro!
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