Epic, dammit, I'm going to make it work. Meet at the Getty at noon? Or did you say 1? Must scroll back. You have my cell, right? I don't know if I have yours. Let's email with plans.

Also, x-post from Beep Me:

Laistas! Shir is coming to town in a couple of weeks. She will be crashing at our place in Pasadena, and we'd like to host a cookout (veggie and meat options) on Saturday, 5/10, starting around 6pm. If you're interested, please chat details here in F2F. I'll also put together an evite with directions and such--if you could send me an email with your contact info (email and cell), that would be very helpful.

Epic, is your email addy good? I'll send you my phone. I don't think I can make it as I am swamped right now and just sort of in the land of not dealing very well. But I'd love to see you, and Pix, and the Getty.

Thank you, Pix! Other folks, I'm reminding that I'll be in Chicago, Seattle and New Orleans, and I am more than happy to meet and travel few hours to see you. That's the whole point of this trip.

Also, since you're flying on an Israeli passport

Other than leaving and entering Israel, I'll actually be traveling with my British passport. No idea how things are now, but in 2007 it got me a special invention on airport speakers and a few extra questions on each and every American and Canadian airport.

Long security lines = longer than 20-30 minutes wait for the check? I have no idea how long they normally take.

Normally, no, but United is completely unpredictable in this regard (SFO is their hub and so they have their own terminal essentially). I want to say Hec (maybe?) missed a flight because of either luggage or security lines. I used to fly them for work and security could get bad in the mornings. Meara would probably know better me though.

Pix, assuming you still have the same cell# you did for Pasadena F2F, yes I have it. My number is still the same (and is stashed down in my profile if you need it again).

My plan is to leave here (Westlake/Thousand Oaks) about 12:00, so hopefully 1:30 is a realistic estimate for arriving (and parking, and walking/tramming up to the entrance, etc.)at the Getty Center.

Do you want me to call/text you at some point? Or assume we're a go unless I hear otherwise? Burrell, ditto?

If I recall (It's been too long since I've been to the Getty), parking is tight. Might make sense to meet elsewhere and carpool to the Getty.

Nope, there's a ton of parking. Huge garage with many levels.

Epic, yes, same number as the Pasadena F2F. I have to meet a group of hiking friends at 5:30 in Glendale, but I'll be able to spend a few hours. I'll just plan to arrive around 1 -- text me when you get there. We can meet at the top of the tram area.

And I am slowly drowning in grading and house stuff. May need to go to Sears or Lowes tomorrow to buy a new washer, in which case all bets are off.

My life! I'd like for just a bit more slack.

Yup, I missed getting Emmett on a flight at 7 am even though we were in the terminal an hour and a half before the flight.