Dear proprietors of The Enormous Room martini bar,
There is no sign on your building, save for a red elephant stencil on a nondescript door hidden behind an adjacent business' storefront. Also, your room is not enormous.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
ATM card saga continues
And as expected, an hour after canceling the lost-in-the-mail card, the card appears. There is no way to uncancel the card.
FedEx fail
The best laid plans...
My ATM card was lost in transit between Seattle and Pittsburgh. FedEx says they left it on the porch where I am staying, but I never saw the envelope. I cancelled the new card and had a replacement expedited to Cambridge, where I will be staying next week. With luck it will arrive before I leave the country for a week, next Friday.
Meanwhile, I have a dollar twenty-five in quarters, and no way to withdraw cash from an ATM. I dearly hope that taxis at the Boston airport will accept credit cards.
I'm surprisingly unconcerned with this development. Somehow, I trust that things will work out for the best. There's always Western Union, in a pinch.
My ATM card was lost in transit between Seattle and Pittsburgh. FedEx says they left it on the porch where I am staying, but I never saw the envelope. I cancelled the new card and had a replacement expedited to Cambridge, where I will be staying next week. With luck it will arrive before I leave the country for a week, next Friday.
Meanwhile, I have a dollar twenty-five in quarters, and no way to withdraw cash from an ATM. I dearly hope that taxis at the Boston airport will accept credit cards.
I'm surprisingly unconcerned with this development. Somehow, I trust that things will work out for the best. There's always Western Union, in a pinch.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
ALB->PIT
ALB to NYP via Amtrak
NYP to JFK via LIRR/Airtrain
JFK to PIT via JetBlue 1054
Travel from 10am to 6pm. Long day.
NYP to JFK via LIRR/Airtrain
JFK to PIT via JetBlue 1054
Travel from 10am to 6pm. Long day.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
high school reuinion
NYP to ALB via amtrak 283
My high school reunion tonight. Yay.
Today is calista's birthday. I paid for her to have a pedicure and footrub this morning. While she was occupid, I had a shave and a haircut at a nearby barber shop. My first straight razor shave. Extraordinarily indulgent. ItLs a good thing I don't live in new york, I don't think my wallet could handle survive the barber habit I would surely acquire.
My high school reunion tonight. Yay.
Today is calista's birthday. I paid for her to have a pedicure and footrub this morning. While she was occupid, I had a shave and a haircut at a nearby barber shop. My first straight razor shave. Extraordinarily indulgent. ItLs a good thing I don't live in new york, I don't think my wallet could handle survive the barber habit I would surely acquire.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Earth Class Mail FTW
Today I received an e-mail from my bank.
Uh-oh. I'm not at home. I'm in New York City this week, Pittsburgh next week, Cambridge the week after, and the Caribbean the week after that. But I'll definitely need that ATM card.
Thankfully, I have Earth Class Mail. If the card had arrived at my home, I would have had to ask one of my roommates to ship it to me. Instead, with a few clicks, I create a FedEx shipment to the address in Pittsburgh where I will be staying. No roommates to bother.
It's important you activate your new ATM/Debit card immediately. Your old card will be deactivated on September 22, 2009 at 12 AM ET, regardless of whether your new card has been activated.
Uh-oh. I'm not at home. I'm in New York City this week, Pittsburgh next week, Cambridge the week after, and the Caribbean the week after that. But I'll definitely need that ATM card.
Thankfully, I have Earth Class Mail. If the card had arrived at my home, I would have had to ask one of my roommates to ship it to me. Instead, with a few clicks, I create a FedEx shipment to the address in Pittsburgh where I will be staying. No roommates to bother.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Fluffy
Turns out my hotel is half a mile from Penn Station. I walked.
I wandered 5 or 6 blocks from the hotel in either direction. I had a slice of real New York pizza, eventually landing in an Irish pub called The Blarney Stone. One of the bartenders was Asian, so I'm not sure how Irish it really was.... Ended up talking to a expressive black woman named Fluffy, who works as a bartender at Giants stadium. She was awesome and hilarious, and gave me some measure of faith in humanity. I bought her a drink. I had a few drinks myself (probably one too many), then grabbed another slice of pizza on my way back to the hotel.
As much as I hate the east coast, I think I missed it a little bit. Especially the pizza.
I wandered 5 or 6 blocks from the hotel in either direction. I had a slice of real New York pizza, eventually landing in an Irish pub called The Blarney Stone. One of the bartenders was Asian, so I'm not sure how Irish it really was.... Ended up talking to a expressive black woman named Fluffy, who works as a bartender at Giants stadium. She was awesome and hilarious, and gave me some measure of faith in humanity. I bought her a drink. I had a few drinks myself (probably one too many), then grabbed another slice of pizza on my way back to the hotel.
As much as I hate the east coast, I think I missed it a little bit. Especially the pizza.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
flying east
SJC to LGB on JetBlue 221,
LGB to JFK on JetBlue 206,
JFK to ALB via rental car.
It's going to be a long day. I'll get into troy after midnight.
LGB to JFK on JetBlue 206,
JFK to ALB via rental car.
It's going to be a long day. I'll get into troy after midnight.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Gel Holder
Today I designed a gel holder for myCalista's Nikon SB-600
that should be compatible with any shoe-mount flash. I think it will fit under my softbox,
too.
Documentation:
1 x http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_band +
2 x http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binder_clip = win.
Patent pending.
that should be compatible with any shoe-mount flash. I think it will fit under my softbox, too.Documentation:
1 x http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_band +
2 x http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binder_clip = win.
Patent pending.
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