Knitting in lalaland

I knitted on the Los Angeles MTA today. avoided potential catastrophe when another rider kicked my errant ball of wool back to me when it went off on a little expedition. This was my first time riding in a dedicated bus lane; I have to wonder whether or not the land it was built on was vacant, or if they just took a street full of houses and got rid of them all. This is not the MTA - this is the sofa in the guesthouse