Look sharp

That is the incredibly shiny toe of my shoe, as seen on the floor of an AmTrak train. I’m en route home from a work trip to Washington DC, and I tried the Vermonter train, which goes from St. Albans, VT to Washington once a day. I can walk to the station in Brattleboro, which is very cool. It’s a slow train, lots of stops, but very nice, very relaxing. And, best of all is that I get to visit the shoeshine stand in Union Station, where a very old-school group of guys does a great job making everybody shine. Because it’s a 10-hour trip, I’m not sure how often i’ll actually travel this way, but it was a good experiment.