
A few weeks ago I flew from Toronto Island Airport to Newark, NJ on a Bombardier Q400, also known as a Dash 8.
The plan was to go to NYC for New Year’s Eve.
For some reason Porter Airlines, whose pre- and in-flight experience is amazing, flies to Newark instead of Laguardia or JFK. After landing in Jersey I was struck by one thing — the sound.
It’s as if Rockstar Games simply put a couple microphones in the street outside the airport to record the background ambience for all of their Grand Theft Auto games: the cars, the sirens, the obscenities in Jersey dialect in the distance.
We hopped on a commuter train to Penn Station. For you Torontonians, think of a GO Train with twice as many seats in each car, and now imagine bringing a large suitcase and your puffy winter coat along with you. Not so comfortable.
Anyway, the rest of the trip was incredible. I loved my time in NYC and the weather was beautiful. One afternoon I hopped on the L train to visit Williamsburg, Brooklyn to see what it was all about (hint: It’s Parkdale, but bigger). Recommended places to visit at that time of year: anywhere but Times Square!
A few days before the trip, I wrote this somewhat obnoxious little song on my trusty DS-10 while visiting family for Xmas.
holotape – dash8 (ds demo)