Meanwhile, it seems I've accumulated enough frequent flyer points that I could fly first class across the Pacific for the princely sum of $800. Hmmm...
It's worth it, BT. Especially across the Pacific.
Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.
'Beneath You'
F2F 3: Who's Bringing the Guacamole?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: San Francisco, May 19-21, 2006! Everything else, go here! Swag!
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 03, 2006 11:08:47 am PDT #9169 of 10001
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Aims - May 03, 2006 11:21:37 am PDT #9170 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
They do sell out. Which reminds me....
Trudy Booth - May 03, 2006 11:28:17 am PDT #9171 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Ticket done bought!
Tom Scola - May 03, 2006 11:29:39 am PDT #9172 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
If I were going to take Amtrak from SF to LA, which train stations would I use?
deborah grabien - May 03, 2006 11:30:53 am PDT #9173 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Tom,would you be taking the Coast Starlight? Because I believe that leaves from Oakland.
-t - May 03, 2006 11:54:16 am PDT #9174 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There's an Amtrak affiliated bus from SF (the Ferry Building) to Oakland (and also other stations, probably). I know there's a train from Jack London Square (Oakland) to Bakersfield and a connecting bus thence to LA. I think the Richmond Amtrak Station might be the most convenient for BART, but I'm not sure what trains stop there.
I know the Coast Starlight stops at Martinez, which I could easily drop you at. Looks like it also stops in Oakland and San Jose, but I don't know offhand how easy those stations are to get to. I'm pretty sure any option besides the Coast Starlight will involve a bus.
(eta: I happen to have been arranging a trip by rail to Yosemite, so I've picked up a bit Amtrak knowledge, but it's focused on what would be handy for me, and not for Tom, I'm afraid)
Kate P. - May 03, 2006 12:41:01 pm PDT #9175 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Hmm. I think I'll drop out of the Alcatraz tour, then, unless my doing so would screw us up; are we getting a group rate, and if so, would that be affected by me not going? It seems like there's already a good number of people doing the tour.
Sorry to be flaky, but I realized that I'd rather not commit to stuff ahead of time.
Aims - May 03, 2006 12:59:50 pm PDT #9176 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
No group rate, however, we will be affected as we will be sad you aren't going with us.
JZ - May 03, 2006 1:42:40 pm PDT #9177 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Zmayhem Alcatraz tickets purchased, with sadness due to the lack of Kate -- but, then, IIRC, we get extra Kate that weekend anyway so that is some slight balm on the wound.
Aims - May 03, 2006 1:49:58 pm PDT #9178 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Alcatraz tickets purchased! WHOOOT!