Most of the time, that is. I don't enjoy it when the Red Line is twenty minutes late and it's a million degrees and humid in the subway and it's nearing midnight and it's just me and some sketchy looking dudes, so I do not want to take off my jacket. I don't enjoy when buses have to travel over incredibly bumpy roads that make me shake so much I can't read the words on my book. I don't enjoy how diffucult it is for the few friends that I have without cars to get around this city.
But I do very much enjoy when a new line opens up. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's pretty exciting. A couple months ago, the Expo Line opened up, travelling above ground from downtown to Culver City. It's current last stop is not that exciting - there's a large parking structure, and a Target a little less than a mile south. In the fall (supposedly) the line will make it out to Robertson and Venice, closer to downtown Culver City. But I can't wait that long, so when the line was less than a week old, my boyfriend and I took the Red Line to 7th Street Station and switched over. They don't have all the bugs out, but since we weren't on a schedule, the glitches were more funny than annoying. After arriving at La Cienega and Jefferson, we walked, in the dark, about a half mile north. There we found a BBQ restaurant I had looked up. It proved to be inexpensive and delicious, just like Yelp said. After dinner, we got some 7Up cake to go, and started the journey back.
Totally worth it. Let's do it again sometime, Expo Line. Only this time, a bit quicker. And without you announcing that the doors are about to close - when they're already closed.
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