No Train

Today is the first workday without Paulina. The CTA has closed down our train station for a year to do rennovations that should have been done years ago. But, better late than never.

To put a metaphoric spin on things, it rained all day as we each walked farther to get to Addison. The CTA had plenty of workers out on the corners around Paulina to remind us all that the station was closed, in case the signs on the trains, the flyers they've been handing out all month and the big green fence with "Closed" signs all over it weren't enough. They even had the customer service reps from Addison out on the street -- or at least, that must be why nobody was at Addison to help K out when her U-Pass stopped working.

Unfortunately, no one told the Red Eye guy, so no celebrity gossip and quick local news bites while we all waited for the trains at Addison ... and waited to get through the new southbound bottleneck at Belmont and Fullerton.

The Addison station gives a glimpse into the clean, well-lit and spacious station we can look forward to in a year. And now we can watch as they slowly tear down and rebuild Paulina -- since we get to pass by it each day.