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1. The gf and I are planning on going to Outside Lands this year. It's the first trip to the west coast for the both of us.
My parents went on a trip around the West Coast back in the summer of 2004. Started out at Disneyland, then Los Angeles, then San Francisco, then up the Pacific Coast Highway to Oregon where we have family, then to Lake Tahoe. My brother (then 16) went along, but I was left home. My parents thought it was more important for me to stay at my $10/hr summer job, refused to let me go with them, and ate the $500 plane fare they originally booked for me.
2. Four years ago, the gf and I went to San Antonio/Austin for a week vacation - my parents refused to drive us to the Hartford airport (1 hr 15 min away).
Five months ago, my brother and his wife went to Houston/Galveston for a week vacation - my parents drove them to/from the Boston airport (1 hr 15 min away).
As previously mentioned, they will not take my gf or I to/from Boston.
Sounds like your family picks favorites. You, JR and I have a lot in common.
1. The gf and I are planning on going to Outside Lands this year. It's the first trip to the west coast for the both of us.
My parents went on a trip around the West Coast back in the summer of 2004. Started out at Disneyland, then Los Angeles, then San Francisco, then up the Pacific Coast Highway to Oregon where we have family, then to Lake Tahoe. My brother (then 16) went along, but I was left home. My parents thought it was more important for me to stay at my $10/hr summer job, refused to let me go with them, and ate the $500 plane fare they originally booked for me.
2. Four years ago, the gf and I went to San Antonio/Austin for a week vacation - my parents refused to drive us to the Hartford airport (1 hr 15 min away).
Five months ago, my brother and his wife went to Houston/Galveston for a week vacation - my parents drove them to/from the Boston airport (1 hr 15 min away).
As previously mentioned, they will not take my gf or I to/from Boston.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
I'm flying Southwest for the first time to Coachella next week. For domestic travel I hold all airlines against Jet Blue, so I'm hoping it compares.
I personally love SW and have not once had a bad experience (other than the usual flying shit that happens because of other people lol). The only meh side is the cattle call style boarding, but I usually chip in for the pre-boarding now to mostly avoid that. Can't beat 2 free checked bags! Whenever I fly with another carrier I forget and get re-annoyed that I have to shell out $25-$100 each way just for my damn bags.
I personally love SW and have not once had a bad experience (other than the usual flying shit that happens because of other people lol). The only meh side is the cattle call style boarding, but I usually chip in for the pre-boarding now to mostly avoid that. Can't beat 2 free checked bags! Whenever I fly with another carrier I forget and get re-annoyed that I have to shell out $25-$100 each way just for my damn bags.
i'm flying southwest to houston next weekend. do you think it's worth the extra $15 for early boarding? also, do you still have to do the go online 24 hours before the flight to secure your spot thing if you do that? it is my first time flying alone if that matters.
I personally love SW and have not once had a bad experience (other than the usual flying shit that happens because of other people lol). The only meh side is the cattle call style boarding, but I usually chip in for the pre-boarding now to mostly avoid that. Can't beat 2 free checked bags! Whenever I fly with another carrier I forget and get re-annoyed that I have to shell out $25-$100 each way just for my damn bags.
i'm flying southwest to houston next weekend. do you think it's worth the extra $15 for early boarding? also, do you still have to do the go online 24 hours before the flight to secure your spot thing if you do that?
If you want an aisle or window seat or NEED your carryon bag to not possibly be gate-checked, yes. If you don't mind sitting in the middle it's not really worth it. You won't need to do any checking in if you do the early bird business, it automatically checks you in and assigns you a boarding position before the 24 hour check in for everyone else. One last thing though, if you're going to do it, the earlier the better. They put you in the earlier boarding group/# the earlier you purchase the early check in, if that makes sense. If you tack it on a day or two before the flight I doubt it'd get you a much better position than if you checked in at the usual 24 hour mark.
If you want an aisle or window seat or NEED your carryon bag to not possibly be gate-checked, yes. If you don't mind sitting in the middle it's not really worth it. You won't need to do any checking in if you do the early bird business, it automatically checks you in and assigns you a boarding position before the 24 hour check in for everyone else. One last thing though, if you're going to do it, the earlier the better. They put you in the earlier boarding group/# the earlier you purchase the early check in, if that makes sense. If you tack it on a day or two before the flight I doubt it'd get you a much better position than if you checked in at the usual 24 hour mark.
Also have fun in Bey-town!
you think a week and a half out is too close to bother? i don't really want to get up super early on my day off to check in if i don't have to.
If you want an aisle or window seat or NEED your carryon bag to not possibly be gate-checked, yes. If you don't mind sitting in the middle it's not really worth it. You won't need to do any checking in if you do the early bird business, it automatically checks you in and assigns you a boarding position before the 24 hour check in for everyone else. One last thing though, if you're going to do it, the earlier the better. They put you in the earlier boarding group/# the earlier you purchase the early check in, if that makes sense. If you tack it on a day or two before the flight I doubt it'd get you a much better position than if you checked in at the usual 24 hour mark.
Also have fun in Bey-town!
you think a week and a half out is too close to bother? i don't really want to get up super early on my day off to check in if i don't have to.
If it's worth 15$ to sleep in, then I say go for it. If you wait a few hours on a full flight there is a decent chance you will get a C boarding position and a good chance you will be stuck in the middle seat
beebee, I always set the alarm for 24 hours and five minutes in advance of my SW flights. To me, it is totally worth waking up early for. I NEED by window seat. However, I have never paid the extra money for the automatic check-in.
And LoveLuckLaughter I agree with bacon. I think they just recognized letters and automatically blurred them thinking it could be your last name or something. I don't think a person did it specifically. It is really funny though!
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
you think a week and a half out is too close to bother? i don't really want to get up super early on my day off to check in if i don't have to.
If it's worth 15$ to sleep in, then I say go for it. If you wait a few hours on a full flight there is a decent chance you will get a C boarding position and a good chance you will be stuck in the middle seat
Next to a crying baby on one side and a drunk on the other. I know, since that is where I got stuck one time. And we hit terrible turbulence. Fun times.
If you want an aisle or window seat or NEED your carryon bag to not possibly be gate-checked, yes. If you don't mind sitting in the middle it's not really worth it. You won't need to do any checking in if you do the early bird business, it automatically checks you in and assigns you a boarding position before the 24 hour check in for everyone else. One last thing though, if you're going to do it, the earlier the better. They put you in the earlier boarding group/# the earlier you purchase the early check in, if that makes sense. If you tack it on a day or two before the flight I doubt it'd get you a much better position than if you checked in at the usual 24 hour mark.
Also have fun in Bey-town!
you think a week and a half out is too close to bother? i don't really want to get up super early on my day off to check in if i don't have to.
I think that's far enough out you'll see a better spot! AND not have to wake up early.
thanks guys, i just did it. now to convince myself that i don't need to be at the airport a million hours before my flight (my parents would always make us hours and hours early for no reason).
thanks guys, i just did it. now to convince myself that i don't need to be at the airport a million hours before my flight (my parents would always make us hours and hours early for no reason).
I have a thing about getting to the airport super super early, although I've been flying so much lately that I am getting a little better about it. Last time I flew, we were talking about what time I wanted to be at the airport and what time my flight was, and my brother's girlfriend was like, "I'm so proud of you for wanting to get to the airport at a reasonable time!" We ended up leaving like fifteen minutes later than I had planned on, and I was stressed, but I was also still through security and at my gate 50 minutes before the boarding time.
Still haven't booked my flights out to SF. The gf is concerned because it's $25 more expensive than when last checked the weekend before last. I'm not worried because it's not for another four months.
Anyone have a strategy on getting good deals? Or just do it now?
Still haven't booked my flights out to SF. The gf is concerned because it's $25 more expensive than when last checked the weekend before last. I'm not worried because it's not for another four months.
Anyone have a strategy on getting good deals? Or just do it now?
Do it now.
We delayed getting our flights to Chicago and paid about $100 more than when we were looking a month before.
Still haven't booked my flights out to SF. The gf is concerned because it's $25 more expensive than when last checked the weekend before last. I'm not worried because it's not for another four months.
Anyone have a strategy on getting good deals? Or just do it now?
I assume you are trying to fly out of Providence? I just checked the flex dates thing on Delta.com and from Boston to SFO is 328 nonstop leaving any day Saturday through Friday and returning Tuesday or Wednesday. So you could do a week from Tuesday to Tuesday for 328 nonstop. That's about $200 cheaper than Providence to SFO on Delta and more than that from Providence on Southwest (though Boston and Manchester are closer to $420 on Southwest).
has anyone made any crafts out of old concert stubs? I need inspiration!!
I'm lookin' to get my craft on next week (we each have a small table during our recruiter session & I need to decorate it), but everything I've found on pinterest is not right for what I would be using it for (like a coffee table top) or looks way too 'life laugh love'-esque haha
Happily sitting full like a fucking king over here in PCB, FL. I drove over to Seagrove to have dinner with my friend, his wife and their 1 1/2 year old. We went to Cafe Thirty A. It's probably the best meal I've had this year. I started with some cobia ceviche which was cold strips of delicious cobia with charred pineapples, thin slices of jalapeño, shallots and some type of red sweet/spicy sauce swirled around half the bowl. Shit was money. I got to sample some roasted beet salad as well as some beef carpaccio. Next came the entrees. I opted for the diver scallops done with quinoa, sweet peas and some micro greens. Damn that was good. But I got to then sample some pan seared salmon, roasted cobia and almost raw tuna. That place was delicious. So for anyone who finds themself anywhere from Destin to Panama City, I recommend that trip over to County Rd 30-A. Easily 4 stars and some good values. $5.00 craft cocktails before 6 and buy one get one free entrees also before 6. Solid as fucking shit.
Edit to say this isn't exactly random, but I don't recall running across a dining thread recently.
Happily sitting full like a fucking king over here in PCB, FL. I drove over to Seagrove to have dinner with my friend, his wife and their 1 1/2 year old. We went to Cafe Thirty A. It's probably the best meal I've had this year. I started with some cobia ceviche which was cold strips of delicious cobia with charred pineapples, thin slices of jalapeño, shallots and some type of red sweet/spicy sauce swirled around half the bowl. Shit was money. I got to sample some roasted beet salad as well as some beef carpaccio. Next came the entrees. I opted for the diver scallops done with quinoa, sweet peas and some micro greens. Damn that was good. But I got to then sample some pan seared salmon, roasted cobia and almost raw tuna. That place was delicious. So for anyone who finds themself anywhere from Destin to Panama City, I recommend that trip over to County Rd 30-A. Easily 4 stars and some good values. $5.00 craft cocktails before 6 and buy one get one free entrees also before 6. Solid as fucking shit.
Edit to say this isn't exactly random, but I don't recall running across a dining thread recently.
Yummy! Sounds amazing!
We have a "What's for dinner" thread and a "Foodies" or something like that thread around here somewhere. But I think they have gone Waaaay to the wayside. Everyone here in the Random thread loves food. So perfect place.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
has anyone made any crafts out of old concert stubs? I need inspiration!!
I'm lookin' to get my craft on next week (we each have a small table during our recruiter session & I need to decorate it), but everything I've found on pinterest is not right for what I would be using it for (like a coffee table top) or looks way too 'life laugh love'-esque haha
I mostly keep my stubs in a ticket stubs album (like a photo album but designed for stubs) but I did include some Felice Brothers tickets in a sorta photo collage thing I hung up a while ago.
I know you guys are listening to whatever you're listening to and that's not likely to change, but if you're feeling so inclined, I'd like to expand upon a pitch I made in the Favorite Albums of All Time topic, in light of the passing of one of Boston's most beloved guitarists, J. Geils.
You have all heard between 1 and 3 songs by The J Geils Band. You all know "Freeze Frame" and "Centerfold" and "Love Stinks." They're staples of 80s pop-rock.
But the J Geils Band had a long and illustrious career before and around those songs that really few people know about.
J Geils formed the band in the late 60s while he was in college. When his band and The Hallucinations merged, they became The J. Geils Band. Geils played lead guitar, Peter Wolf sang, Magic Dick played the harmonica, Seth Justman played the keys, Danny Klein played bass, and Stephen Bladd played drums.
These four Jews and a couple of gentiles played electric blues, heavily inspired by Motown, better than damn near anyone you've ever heard. The Allman Brothers once called the J. Geils Band their favorite band, and the two bands actually closed down the Fillmore East together. Over the years, they played shows with The Byrds, BB King, Van Morrison, Johnny Winter, Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, Yes, ELP, The Stooges and a hundred other bands.
From 1970 to 1977, they were one of the best live bands in the country, if not the world, and put out two seminal live albums - Full House and Blow Your Face Out.
These are both albums that are near and dear to my heart; they were some of the first music that my dad shared with me growing up that I actually liked, and continue to enjoy to this day. I was listening to the latter all day today, in fact, before any of the news of J. Geils' death broke.
They pivoted towards more mainstream rock and pop as the 70s came to a close, and in the 80s created the ubiquitous songs I mentioned above, before breaking up over the direction the band was going in in 1983. All of that alone is a pretty big legacy to leave behind - the band has been nominated two times for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and allegedly is going to get nominated again next year.
But there's also a lesser known part of their legacy that I think is pretty fascinating.
Peter Wolf, who had previously been a DJ on the late, great WBCN (may it live on forever in our hearts), was often found at shows around Boston. In the winter of 80-81, he was at a few shows at the Paradise Rock Club, and saw a band he took a shine too. They were just playing their first shows in the United States, hadn't really made much of a dent here, even though they'd put out two strong albums. He and J Geils decided to take them on tour with them, for the Freeze Frame tour in 82. A year later, they were playing arenas in the U.S. - the first of which was in the city the J Geils Band was formed in: Worcester, Massachusetts. That band has since sold about 180 million records, played the Super Bowl, and happens to be headlining this year's Bonnaroo. Now I'm not saying that U2 wouldn't have become who they are without the J. Geils Band, but J. Geils and Peter Wolf absolutely helped them by bringing them across the United States - particularly the south and west, where U2 definitely did not have any traction to speak of - in 1982.
The J. Geils Band was and is beloved in my house, and in Boston, and in Detroit, and in small pockets here and there, across the country. They were musicians' musicians, and they were incredible performers. Do yourselves a favor, and J. Geils a solid, and listen to the albums I linked above. I can't think of a better way to honor him in the wake of his passing than that.
Still haven't booked my flights out to SF. The gf is concerned because it's $25 more expensive than when last checked the weekend before last. I'm not worried because it's not for another four months.
Anyone have a strategy on getting good deals? Or just do it now?
I read a study not long ago that said 50 days out and on a Tuesday was the sweet spot.
has anyone made any crafts out of old concert stubs? I need inspiration!!
I'm lookin' to get my craft on next week (we each have a small table during our recruiter session & I need to decorate it), but everything I've found on pinterest is not right for what I would be using it for (like a coffee table top) or looks way too 'life laugh love'-esque haha
i've always wanted to do a table as well and be able to set all the tickets and random crap on there and just set a piece of glass on it. they need to get out of my drawer
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Apr 12, 2017 8:49:25 GMT -5
Cokes Thank you for that great write up on J. Geils! I felt the same way when Leon Russell died, too. True "musician's musicians". Will be sorely missed in the world.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Still haven't booked my flights out to SF. The gf is concerned because it's $25 more expensive than when last checked the weekend before last. I'm not worried because it's not for another four months.
Anyone have a strategy on getting good deals? Or just do it now?
If you are flying southwest you can rebook the same flight if prices go down. Rebooking is free. You don't a refund, but the difference in fare becomes a credit with them. I regularly monitor fares and rebook to save, but I also fly pretty regularly and am a committed SW disciple, so the credit is valuable to me.