I grew up on a dirt road, in the middle of nowhere. When I was accepted to a college in NYC there was no turning back (until I lived there for a year and was like, nah..) I was going to be a city girl. I didn't miss my car in Queens. I didn't miss … Continue reading Parking in a City
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A Guide to Owning a Car and a Vagina
Something close to 50% of the world's population is female. That is something like 3.5 billion people who possess vaginas (fleshlights and silicone vagina molds are not included in this approximate statistic) and nearly half of the vaginally endowed population are licensed drivers. While these numbers are getting increasingly less scientific I'm going to be so … Continue reading A Guide to Owning a Car and a Vagina
Getting Out of a Ticket
If you drive you will, at some point, find yourself sitting on the side of the road with blue lights flashing at you. If you are me you will have to illegally back your vehicle the wrong direction down an expressway at the request of an officer who popped out from behind a toll booth … Continue reading Getting Out of a Ticket
Alley Etiquette
I grew up, and learned to drive, in the epitome of rural, dirt roads and one lane bridges, the occasional fording of a creek or dodging of a surprise loose cows, they were normal. I have spent the majority of the last decade living in cities, occasionally without a car, so I have adapted. The … Continue reading Alley Etiquette
Driving During Peak Driving Days During Peak Driving Season
Christmas just happened, which for many people meant packing their lives up and hauling their families a few hundred miles to sleep on a deflated air mattress for a few nights. There is much to enjoyduring these trips, food, friends, some of the people in your family... But no one ever rejoices in the drive. … Continue reading Driving During Peak Driving Days During Peak Driving Season