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It was the end of last November, and I’m bringing Leo home from being boarded at the Wagging Tail. Trying to hail a cab at night with a dog can be a challenge, but I managed to get lucky.
Turns out the dog-friendly and chatty cabby is none other than Ahmed Ibrahim, the matchmaker cabby. I [...]

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The MTA finally returned my call about my lost 30 day Metrocard this afternoon. That’s three days after I called, but they did eventually call back. And they noted that I had called on Sunday and what time, so I suspect they would actually factor that in when calculating the credit.
It just takes them a [...]

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I use a “30-Day Unlimited Ride” MetroCard to pay for my transit around this fine city. I even get a tax break on it through a program at work. And in the five years I’ve been doing it, I’ve only lost one, and that was near the end of the month.
Since the card is $76, [...]

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So a small plane hits a building on the Upper East Side and needless to say the media freakout begins. CNN was low-key about it, with the headline “Plane hits N.Y. high-rise, sparks death, fear, fire.”
Wouldn’t you know that the best place I found to get a sense of what was going on at the [...]

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One great thing about Metrocards versus tokens is that the MTA can raise fares really easily. Which is a great thing if you’re the MTA. Not so great for me, though. Especially since they are now raising the price reducing the current discount of the monthly and weekly cards:
On Feb. 27, subway riders will shell [...]

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