Like its much larger counterpart at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the subway system run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was inundated by superstorm Sandy.
The city buses are colour-coded to instantly telegraph what type of route they ply: red buses are express, green buses run short routes between subway stations and other points.
At the next playgroup, I asked the lady at the front desk to pass my e-mail address on to her. (By the way, Mary isn't her real name -- I changed it to prevent scaring her off.) I was beet red as I walked Kylie toward the subway station, and was doing frenetic hop run behind the stroller.