Got her number and talked with her - thank you, Amy, Laura, and Jen - and we've got confirmation, people. I'm coming, and you better be there because the flights aren't refundable.

(smonster, I'm sorry for that first call. I heard you, but for some reason you couldn't hear me).

Let's talk regional F2F!

Nilly! My babies are 19 (20 this summer!) and 22. And huge! They were only 7 and 9 when I found Buffistas.

Megan, that's exactly what I wanted! didn't occur to me to look there, but, oh yeah! Suzi, it wouldn't be me, it would be my friend, but please do tell any travel wisdom. Someone suggested that meara's been traveling in that area a lot lately, too, tho' I know she's out of Seattle.

Seattle! You're going to be in Seattle! Hey!

Yeah, I'm out of Seattle and haven't been to Des Moines since November (thank goodness--so far Out of my way!)

SF guys, you might be able to see me for a very short time after all.

My flight from Tel Aviv will go as follows: Tel Aviv > Newark > SF > Seattle (followed by a light rail. And a ferry ride. And a car ride). Good news is that if I'm reading the flights schedule right, on Saturday, May 3rd, I'll have a stop in SFO between 10:00am and 13:00pm.

Wanna come and say hello to an exhausted version of me who will be looking for food and coffee?

I might be up for that (although you'd have to come out from security to meet me, if you don't want to do that I understand). I've got some other stuff going on that day, but remind me what your waiting-around-in-the-airport schedule looks like when it's coming up and I'll see what I can do. And I can bring some food if you have preferred take out, even something not available via drive-thru given sufficient notice (assuming I can make it, of course)

although you'd have to come out from security to meet me, if you don't want to do that I understand

As long as I'll be able to come back to catch the flight to Seattle, I don't mind going through security again. Can I do this? I'll check with the travel agent tomorrow.

And I can bring some food if you have preferred take out, even something not available via drive-thru given sufficient notice (assuming I can make it, of course)

That's very thoughtful of you, thanks. I just meant I'll probably have something to eat and drink there, and I was wondering if one or more of you might want to join me. The point is seeing you (and, well, to get coffee in my system).

Either way. SFO has a pretty good selection of restaurants.

Today's my last day at work until next Tuesday, so I'm gonna go ahead and put up tentative plans for Sunday afternoon at the Getty. I'll have a laptop/tablet/something with me at the hotel, but no smartphone, so my access will be a bit more sporadic this weekend than a workday.

Looking at Yahoo Maps, it estimates a half-hour to get to the Getty Center from my hotel. So, with a checkout time of 12:00, and given how bad I am at getting going in the morning, I'm going to assume that 12 is when I'll actually be leaving, so I'm going to say let's meet at the Getty Center at 1:30.

Pix, Burrell, are you both still in? Anybody else want to come along? It would be awesome to see you guys!

Oh, and I'll probably figure on catching dinner up there somewhere before I head home Sunday night so the afternoon traffic's got a little time to thin out before I hit the road. Please let me know, any LAistas who'd like to do Sunday dinner!

Profile addy's good, and my cell #, if it's not already listed there, will be momentarily.

Very excited (taking out some of the bittersweet mild stingy-ness of the sort-of ex's wedding, the "real" reason I'll be in LA) to see you guys!