So Did You DASH It Today?

~Didja~get~on~a~bus~Jack~~Jill? How was it? What did you think of the DASH? Where did you go? What did you do? Did you make it --to the Big Dig of one-day Silver Lake Library? --Who was there? --See any drawings --architect --Friends Of? How was it? --Someone said Mayor V. was out --did you spot him?

Did you stop at Sunset Junction? What was going on there? Did you get any goodies --freebies? --Who participated --which shops did you pop into? Did you Meet Up with pals --family? How many were on the bus trips you made --full --sparse? Stop at Dog Park? Did you have any prob --boarding with the furry family-member? --Over to the Farmer's Market? --Lunch? --Who with? Tell! Tell!

I picked up a tomorrow-snack at Tropical and a table-full of people having coffee: told me they had taken the DASH, took entire round trip --one said he came back to start point --then went east and back. --To 'prove' it he said he 'paid his quarter.' lol, Told him DASH was free --all day, he said he didn't mind 'contributing' --he wants the DASH to come back! Once I was on: Whoa! --Wood-paneled! Never saw a bus dressed in wood before...someone said the buses were "borrowed from West Hollywood." Say, the WeHo's Know how to live. Pret-ty classy! At the same time: kinda cozy, with the wood out-door kind of bench seats. Was DASH you were on like that? Different? How?

Nice people having fun, I never saw before, on the DASH. --Did you have that experience? Even the bus drivers were friendly. It was partly filled when I got on, people joined at every stop, nearly full by the time I departed. Kewl!

One of the women: who worked Hard to get DASH --this far. Thanked her. A man --who worked on the election --who, gosh, had read this Blog! Major kewl. Thanks! Yes, SLNC held an election today, DASH stopped at the polling place. --You could have also. Why didn't I mention that, two weeks ago --at all? Mostly: I'm ticked, at the Board members. Not Enough was done --to reach Entire community --to find candidates --in my opinion. They had all summer.... More on that, some other time, maybe.

A woman got on --without a purse. Everyone was chatting, so I asked --why: She said she got on right near her home, it was her sixth trip of the day --she walked out of her kitchen, leaving dinner to cook, her husband to babysit it. lol, Hiya Christine! V. kewl person. A couple, intently discussing --art --concert --movie choices? Pretty weather --no rotten mean heat, electrical storm, fire --flood --rain --hurricane, tsnumi...bullets... black-outs or shortage. Just fat clouds, plastered in front of pastel blue --above grey-blue Reservoir... on~a~ clear ~Satur-day~afternoon..... The driver asked a neighbor/passenger to dispose of her unwanted soda, and cheerfully obliged. In just a few stops: one could feel Community --neighbors --the boundary of Silver Lake...we all live Here --This spot... Hello --Oh, Hi...we were all --Home...This wedge of the world...the Lucky part... Silver Lake daVine....

So: round the Reservoir I went --to Trader Joe's. --Stopped Right in Front, whoa, Nice. You know: You cannot get to TJ's from here --there is No Bus --364 days a year....

How Goofy is that --entire area around TJ's, in every direction: Business --shops --cafes --markets. What's up with that --which Pea-brain --laid out the regular bus routes --didn't route a bus Into/Around --the necessaries??? --EVERY man --woman --child Has their Own Transport --so what, if short hops, pollute? LA: Needs to Grow Up. I spent nearly entire childhood in San Francisco --traveling the length, breadth of it --because I Could --every three -five minutes --a bus/trolly/street-car/cable car whized by. We don't even have Regular buses over entire main grid, never-mind DASH, sheesh. We Demand DASH --We Demand DASH! Silver Lake MUST Have DASH --Now --THIS Week. I will publish this, then search for links --to addresses we can Cram Full to get DASH Here. Be back with them later...Silver Lake daVine...

NOTE Now It's Your turn: Really wanna know, Your experience of DASH day...leave a Comment...

NOTE I found another new toy --in this blog, it is a "Poll" feature. So: I'll create, figure out How to put up, and write a question...I'm think'n --national election...parking meters...lots of things.... What do you think we should Poll ourselves about? Post'm if you've got'm....Silver Lake daVine...