Home to SFO
And my time in Seattle is over, too. I am heading down to San Francisco. Flight 27 to San Francisco Date: 18/08/2014 Code: UA1698 from SEA to SFO Airline: United Airlines Plane: Boeing 737-900 Distance flown: 775 Miles Duration: 1h32 The flight was ok, I was a bit late at the airport. I’m a bit bummed […] Read More
Getting ready for the playa
Burning Man is only a bit over a week away. It’s really time to get ready, as much as I can organize it from here. Thank God I am going with an experienced camp. They’re all friends of my friend Brandon from San Francisco, and have gone a couple of times in the past years. […] Read More
Tales of my city
I woke up and checked my emails, I had one from my credit card, stating that Amazon had charged me with a purchase over night. What? I was asleep… Then it dawned on me: my download of the latest Tales of the city novel had arrived. I read the Tales in 2005 I think. A […] Read More
Winter in San Francisco
We just went down to the Ferry building to see Lisa and her family and say good-bye. Beautiful bright day, a bit cold but sunny. See you in September. Read More
Xmas in SFO
On Thursday, I arrived well in time for the little dinner Renato and Dennis had prepared for me and our friends Lisa, her parents Nancy and Jim, and Brandon. We had ham, rice, Brussels sprouts, salads, cheese and lots of wine. I managed to stay awake quite long, despite the 5 hour jet lag from […] Read More
Aviation guardian angel
When I booked the connection from Santiago to San Francisco via Toronto and Los Angeles, I already had a hunch. This would be tight. You have to factor in delays, the time at immigration and customs, the transfers etc, etc. I had mailed all my itineraries and booking codes to my friend Renato, with whom […] Read More