Thank goodness, Dana.
Emily: Call USAir and see if they still have student fares. They used to, at least. Also, are you a member of studentuniverse.com?
Weird love's better than no love.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Aug 30, 2005 6:03:46 pm PDT #2905 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Daisy Jane - Aug 30, 2005 6:04:42 pm PDT #2906 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Yeah. In pretty much the same sense, alive and grateful for it, but kinda wondering, "well what the fuck do we do now"
Emily - Aug 30, 2005 6:05:56 pm PDT #2907 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Found someone to split the room with, so that's okay then.
Next dilemma: wedding gift!
sarameg - Aug 30, 2005 6:06:24 pm PDT #2908 of 10002
Dana, I'm glad you've heard from them.
Emily - Aug 30, 2005 6:08:04 pm PDT #2909 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Also, are you a member of studentuniverse.com?
Nope. Is it likely to be lower than $130?
NoiseDesign - Aug 30, 2005 6:10:02 pm PDT #2910 of 10002
Our wings are not tired
Just caught up reading on CNN about how badly the gulf coast has been hit.
My heart goes out to everyone that has been touched by this.
Jesse - Aug 30, 2005 6:14:19 pm PDT #2911 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nope. Is it likely to be lower than $130?
I dunno, but it's worth a look -- you have to prove you're a student to actually buy a ticket, but you can search the site for free. (Edit: Not that it costs money to join, but you have to fax them your ID and stuff.) Which reminds me I need to get my Thanksgiving ticket.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 30, 2005 6:23:06 pm PDT #2912 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If I were just going for a weekend, I'd probably fly, just because Amtrak is so ridiculously expensive these days.
Not to mention last year they jacked up their internet publicized price for the Boston-DC trip from $83 to $117 when I actually got to the station and bought a ticket. Oh, and the dining car won't accept credit cards.
askye - Aug 30, 2005 6:24:28 pm PDT #2913 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
I was checking the local paper to see how they covered Katrina. They had some information about Pensacola, I know they closed some bridges. Also the work that had been started to restore the beaches (mostly moving the sand from roadways and parking lots back to the beach) was all undone by Katrina.
There was a quote from a man who had evacuated from Louisana to this hotel in Pensacola and the hotel took some minor damaage from Katrina.
Nutty - Aug 30, 2005 6:25:14 pm PDT #2914 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I have done Alexandria-to-Boston in 7.5 hours, but my foot is like unto lead, and also, they weren't enforcing the limit on the Garden State Parkway back then. Ed has reported of late that the Tappan Zee traffic is pretty bad, although I don't know in which direction (or both).
If the wedding is in Old Town Alex, and the hotel is in same, then public transit will work. If one is in Old Town and the other is in Arlandria, different story. Then again, there is always day-of carpooling at weddings, right? I am always doing that.
I used up a lot of shoe leather, walking from Braddock Road station into and around Old Town.