All Aboard RTA’s Rapid

All Aboard RTA’s Rapid

“The Rabbit” was what I called the train that went through my neighborhood when I was a kid. “Rapid,” my mom would respond, with extra annunciation on the P and D sounds. I didn’t have context for the word “rapid,” but in my imagination, the train scurried...
Stand-Hopping at the West Side Market

Stand-Hopping at the West Side Market

I’ve been through it all at the West Side Market: stand loyalty shifts, running out of cash, having conversations with strangers waiting in line. As an east sider, my family wasn’t too keen on “crossing over to the west side” when I was growing up, so as my...