As well as toiletries, there are beverages. Fuckers. I was pleased to find out that Vancouver airport has a rule that restaurants inside the security checkpoint don't charge more than outside it. Because LAX? Total ripoff. To the point where the Starbucks guy suggested I go to Burger King instead. But no, I paid $5+ for the stupid juice, because I can't drink OJ and I didn't want soda.

Because LAX?

Three little letters, so much horror.

I heart PDX. You can buy growlers of Laurelthirst microbrews at the same price as the store (without having to drive their if it is out of the way) and there's frequently live musicians scattered around just cuz. Too bad my evil Nov 24 flight is at 6am, there's only so "early" you can get when the airport closes overnight. And most of the vendors won't be open that early so i'll have to wait until the layover for breakfast if i don't scarf it down in the taxi. *sniff*

The Detroit airport (my last regional one) sucked because nothing was ever open when I was flying. So who cared what the prices were? I would just have had to be thirsty.

My flight home for Christmas is at ten something pm. Shit better be open, even at overly high prices.

That`s why I am so grateful to whatever Buffista taught me the empty water bottle trick. That one was a lifesaver this last trip.
 
On the train they give me drinks! For free! (Yes, yes, included in price.) And the coffee`s not half bad. Must remember to ask them what brand it is on the way home.</train loves carrots>

Friends of mine are flying in to San Diego next month. I'm thinking of taking the train down to meet them.

Fuck that noise, I want alcohol.

It is possible I have a couple issues.

Might have been me! I am all about the empty water bottle. I'm packing lunch on Thursday, too.

I arrive at the airport with an empty water bottle and an empty portable brita (they're like water bottles but tough to drink out of.) then once i'm thru sec use the brita to fill up the water bottle for the flight. I find water fountains at airports taste nasty.

One glorious flight i got upgraded to first class and there was all the beverages i wanted on demand. But usually NSM and i would turn inside out like a salted slug if i had to wait for in flight beverage service.

I don't have the room to carry all that stuff. But I need to make that decision or stop whining.

I did use to carry apple cider packets, because I wanted hot drinks with no caffeine. I also had a lemon powder phase for less sweetness. But it was always dependent on someone else's water.