Going through photographs on my computer, I came across this one. Totally a mistake. … I thought “beautiful surprise.” I was holding a J Crew shipment box on the Clark & Lake Blue Line platform. See it?
And then I got the song Beautiful Surprise in my head 
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I must have said that at least 10,000 times yesterday. I volunteered to help the Google Transit team spread the word yesterday about being able to get CTA directions on Google Maps. We gave out informational cards, Google Maps hats, talked to people and gave demos at kiosks. It was fun to interact with all the different people where I was stationed at Clark/Lake, but man… 5 hours on my feet after walking around so much in New Orleans really killed me. I was dead last night. I think every media outlet in Chicago reported on the new feature, though, so it was worth it.
Update: You can see me in the news clip below. For some reason I spin in a circle.
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Clark/Lake Station, The Loop, Chicago
US Cellular customers can now talk on the CTA trains, even underground. This would annoy me more, except that my commute is on the Brown Line now, which is completely above ground and therefore people have always been able to use their cell phones on the Brown Line trains. And they do. And they talk loud. And it’s annoying.
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