Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Hooker Boots and ATV's - My New Neighborhood

Nothing says welcome to Hartford like a hastily abandoned pair of white hooker boots (size 11!) and an ATV on the sidewalk.  This morning I rode down to my soon to be home on Alden Street for the mortgage appraisal (fingers crossed) and found these unexpected bonuses while walking around the block.  The boots were right across the street on Alden and the ATV further down on Congress.  A call to the Hartford Police Department resulted in a personal call from the South Green community officer and an impounded ATV.  My respect for the HPD just ticked up a notch.  My respect for the barefoot (possibly trans) hooker is through the roof.



On a bicycling note, I finally timed my commute from P&W in East Hartford to the condo on Alden.  20 minutes with a stiff headwind, on the Huffy.  A bit more than my current 8 minute commute, but totally reasonable.  The Huffy might fall down in the rotation to a backup bike, replaced by something a bit more sprightly - perhaps that SS Schwinn I just built?

7 comments:

  1. 3.3 miles over Charter Oak Bridge.

    3.8 miles if I go over Founders Bridge.

    Prefer Charter Oak, and the Rt 2 shortcut, which included several flights of stairs. Keeps me off Main St East Hartford, which sucks.

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  2. I've been calling the police about about atvs for years with no luck. You don't even live here yet and get one impounded.

    What a welcome!

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  3. nice plug in the paper guys

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  4. I just realized how well those boots would have looked with the Schwinn.

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  5. charter oak is a nice ride but always full of glass :(

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  6. @doug - just need appropriate city tires.

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