Why is this dog perplexed?
Doggie is astounded at the amount of traffic going north on Lake Avenue in Pasadena (between Colorado and Walnut) when it isn’t even rush hour.
Yeah, traffic is old news around here. It just IS. Still, sometimes I’m amazed when I’m going 3 mph in the middle of a week day for no apparent reason.
I have been doing more of the take-the-bus-and-read thing. I really like reading on the bus. Sitting on the bus and reading feels like I’m doing two things at once! What is it with women and multi-tasking?
West Coast Grrlie Blather 
Never never take lake. There are one way alternatives that run parallel to lake to both east & west I always take them. The carbon expelled by backtracking one block is more than off set by not idling in traffic.
How vetty green of you, Howey.