*hands you another one of my goobers*

*I hand you back your goober as a “wish you were here” card just because*

bonus character interactions:

I never watched an entire episode of Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain. Its not that I had any dislike or aversion to the TV show, I just never had time to fit it into my schedule.

When he passed away though, I saw clips of his final season, which included a trip to Las Vegas to eat at The Bootlegger Bistro. Old School Italian food complete with dark lighting, lounge singers, and atmosphere…

Amtrak’s Montrealer at South Norwalk, Connecticut—30 years ago today.

On June 25, 2016 at 7:18 am, a trio of Amtrak AEM-7s lead the Southward Montrealer (Montreal, Quebec to Washington D.C.) over Metro-North at South Norwalk. My pal, T.S.H. and I were trackside from 6:50 am. Our primary objective was to catch the venerable former New Haven Railroad FL9s on the move. Three AEM-7 electrics lead Amtrak’s Montrealer. All pantographs are up. Now, how cool is that?…