Coast Starlight continued: Amtrak also offers larger bedrooms for those wanting more space and privacy, and also family rooms — if I were traveling with 3-4 people, one of those would work, I think. Supposedly all the private rooms have private restroom and shower facilities, but that doesn’t mean one / room — it means […]
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Amtrak’s roomettes are pretty small, and the seats aren’t as comfortable as the regular seats, so for a short trip, I doubt you’d want one. We were going to be 10 hours, roughly, from LA to San Jose, and traveling in the daytime, so we didn’t NEED to lie down and sleep. But I was
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So, ready for the Coast Starlight tour? We got to the LA Amtrak station early, and it turned out that the mini roomette we’d booked entitled us to the Metropolitan Lounge. I’m not normally a lounge person, because I tend to travel as cheaply as possible, but this was a nice surprise. We grabbed some
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Home again, home again. Our Lyft driver from O’Hare was incredibly “friendly,” and despite my putting giant headphones on as soon as I got in the car, insisted on interrupting me and making me take them off three separate times: to give me an estimate on when we’d arrive (which I had already seen on
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In transit today, boarding connecting flight in Dallas today. Not trying to do any work today; expect to pick it up tomorrow. If you’re waiting on something from me, thank you for your patience.
Today, we’ve been going back and forth between the assisted living facility where Ann has been for the past few months, and Kevin’s parents’ condo, where we’re staying. First trip this morning was just to assess and sort out what was there. Second trip, Anand and I packed up her clothes and brought them back
She was a lovely bride, and she adored him. Read More »
We somehow failed to get dinner with all our traveling, so ended up back at the motel near Occidental, trying to order some delivery food at like 10 at night, in an area with not so many choices — and STILL, I was able to get yummy sushi. Because California.
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My college roommate, Ingrid, joined us at Muscle Beach (not much action, alas), and then we walked down to watch the skateboarders at the skatepark, which Kavi agreed was cool and worth seeing. I love that there were so many girls skating! All the skater girls looked very cool. Ingrid and I failed to get
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Venice Beach boardwalk. My chamoyada drink was intense and full of mango and delicious. At various points, Kavi was a little startled to see Trump merchandise, and asked whether we were in a more conservative area, but I think it was more that we were in a sell-whatever-you-can-to-tourists-area.
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