Slow dancing at the BART station

Like the subways of NY, the BART stations attract their fair amount of musicians -- either playing for money or just people practicing together (something about the acoustics, I suppose -- that or the space). At any given time of the day, you'll find accordion players, acapella singers, acoustic rockers, jazz trios, classical musicians, and even a little guy who belts his heart out in Spanish while playing the guitar.

This morning, I got off the train at 6:40am, headed slowly up the escalator to the top, made my usual u-turn to the right and flashed my Translink card to the station agent before heading through the swing gates.

There's always an ever-changing assortment of musicians in the morning. And after riding BART for so long you either pay attention or just block it out. I like to listen as I make my 30-second trek to the exit. This morning it was a classical bunch, playing something that sounded a little waltzey, a little like Norman Welk. I noticed that there were two people standing off to the left, a bit in the way of the traffic trying to exit from the left side of the station. This is the side I exit from.

It was a man and a lady, both dressed for a business day, and the man had his arms out holding the lady's arms. At first glance I thought they were talking or even arguing (you see it all after a point, so arguing it not uncommon). Then I realized what they really were doing. They were slow dancing a la 7th grade -- where you don't want to actually touch the other person but for some reason you want be close to them.

Now I can say I've finally seen it all -- slow dancing at the BART station. It certainly put a small smile on my face as I walked by. Everyone's so busy trying to get somewhere, that I'm not sure too many people noticed. Hopefully the band did.