Posts Tagged girlfriend

Look at the scenery

I have been reading this site for months trying to think of something that I have seen on the bus. I can’t believe I had forgotten about this until now! I was on the old 180 with my girlfriend, the old express service that went from mpls to moa. We were sitting in the back [...]


Twenny-Five Cent

Back in 2003, I was seeing a girl who lived near Penn & Dowling in N Mpls. She took the 5 back and forth to work in downtown Mpls most days, and rarely had any trouble (until she got her purse snatched at the bus stop-another story).


Thanks Buckethead

A belated thank you to Buckethead…..My girlfriend (eventual wife) and I were living in NE Mpls in the late 70′s and had jobs in downtown Minneapolis. Being car-less, the MTC bus was our only transportation. Unlike other routes, we looked forward to riding the downtown-Nordeast route with our favorite driver, a large jolly guy with [...]


Friend who is a girl

It was my last trip of the night (about 11), on a mostly empty bus. A young woman got on and sat in one of the front side-facing seats. After a bit, she leaned in to me and said “can I ask you a personal question?” I paused for a moment.