The Wheels on the Bus

Public transportation! Huzzah! It's so nice to be able to get around this town without having to drive everywhere. Yesterday Kate and I went downtown, hoping to go to the live outdoor taping of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. And even though they did indeed decide to record in front of a live audience of only a few hundred brave souls who could wait out the torrential rainstorm that pummeled Chicago, we decided to take a pass. We went to the museum instead, and ended up taking a late bus back home. It seems that every time we go downtown we are reminded of the excruciating reality that we live incredibly far from downtown.We like to cheer ourselves up by timing our trips. "That didn't take too long, right?" Kate will ask. "Only 35 mins. Not bad," I'll reply. Of course that's before the 10-15min walk home from the bus stop. It's mental how long it takes to travel 7 miles in this town. Having passed out from the gental lulling of the bus, I woke up to find almost no one left onboard, so I took this photo of the only person in Chicago who apparently has to commute farther than we do.