If you are lucky enough to live in a city with a public transportation system, and it can work for you, you should be using it. I am fortunate enough to live in the Boston area, where I get to ride the T to go to class then drive my car to go to work. [...]

I haven’t yet gotten around to switching my license plates from the Garden State to Massachusetts ones and without the stamp of the Spirit of America I have been racking up a number of parking tickets. I’ve gotten to know the Back Bay parking meter maid’s schedule, sneaking my car between Newbury and Commonwealth Avenue [...]