Itinerary
Friday
9:00 am - 3:30 pm: Be'ezlebe is hard at werk. No lunch break.
3:30 pm - 4:40 pm: Take CTA to O'Hare.
4:40: Find out 7 pm flight is delayed until 8 pm.
4:42 - 7:30 pm: Draw mini-comic at airport bar. Eat chicken fingers. 2 whiskeys & 1 beer. *note to self: Midway Airport lets you take your drinks around the airport in a to go cup. This allows for enjoyable rides up and down the moving walkways. O'Hare does not allow you to do this and has NO moving walk ways.
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Bored... I mean Board.
8:00 pm - 12:00 am (from Chicago to west coast time): Sleep on plane. Wake up for drink cart. 1 beer.
12:00 am - 2:30 am: Enjoy very strong cocktails. Find out Grandmother's phone number. Lie to host about spilling cocktail on his computer. Walk around fantastically three-dimensional San Francisco streets.
3:30 - 10:00 am Sleep
Saturday
10:30: Brunch at Kate's Ktichen. 1 Bacon, egg, and cheese.
11:30 -2:00 pm: lounge around Baker Beach. Fly a kite. Play with dogs. Watch cherubic naked babies. Curse the Chicago winter from afar. Call grandmother I haven't seen for seven years.
2:00 pm - 3:30 Prepare for interview.
3:30 pm - 4:45 Rock interview for China teaching/office admin. job.
5:02 pm - 6:00 pm Arrive at Caltrain station 2 minutes too late for 5 pm train. Loiter. 1 gatorade, 2 ibuprofin, 1 odwalla bar.
6:00 pm - 7:20 pm Sit infront of crazy dude at caltrain. Shift around uncomfortably while crazy dude grunts, snorts, and loudly praises McDonalds for providing him with napkins.
7:20 pm Arrive in Sunnyvale and get picked up by cousin.
7:30 - 9:00 pm Hang out with afformentioned grandmother. Get hugged and patted by grandmother. Get shit for not having seen her for seven years. Shift around uncomfortably.
9:00 pm - 10:40 pm Go to other cousin's house for his other cousin's birthday. See and hang out with many other cousins, all of whome have nicer cars than I'll ever have. 2 guinness, 1 shot hennessy, 1 shot corazon.
10:44 - 12:00 am Sleep on caltrain.
12:00 am - 1:00 am Hang out with host. 1 shot scotch & 1frozen burrito.[correction: frozen-first, then re-heated burrito. Note: burrito was NOT consumed while it was frozen.]
1:00 am - 10:00 am Sleep
Sunday
10:00 am - 11:30 am: Eat breakfast, shower, prepare for day. 1 sesame bagel w/butter & 1 cup of coffee.
11:30 - 1 pm: Drive to Sonoma. Enjoy scenic California hills. Curse the flatness of Chicago from afar. Contemplate geographic determinism. 2 & 1/2 joints.
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Spend 10 dollars for all day pass for Russian Wine Rd. Barrel Tasting Festival. Visit half a dozen or so wineries. Unclear amount of wine.
4:00 pm - 5:55 pm: Zoom back to San Francisco. Shift around really uncomfortably for fear of missing 6 pm train to grandmother's house.
5:55 pm: Briefcase breaks. Trot into train station to meet my brother.
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Catch up with the BB.
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Eat tons and tons of fried, greasey Filipino food. Get guilt tripped by grandmother some more.
9:30 pm - 9:45: Visit other cousin and said cousin's new baby.
9:45 pm - 10:15: Realize ID and credit card are in friend's pocket. Convince other cousin to drive me and brother back to San Francisco.
10:15 - 1:00 am: Fetch ID and credit card. Go to BB's hotel. Hang out with Game Developers. 1 bottle of scotch (between 4).
1:00 am - 8:00 am Sleep
Monday
8:00 am - 9:15 am: Wake up and breakfast at touristy diner. 1 order biscuits and gravy & 1 oreo milkshake.
9:15 - 9:30 am: Pack, rush out the door and to Bart station.
9:30 am - 9:45: Shift weight nervously from one leg to the other waiting for train. Hear announcement that train to SFO is delayed indefinitely due to a "medical emergency."
9:45 am - 10:08 am: Curse. Rush back up the stairs and flag down taxi. Pray for my life as cabbie drives 20 - 30 miles over the speed limit
10:08 am - 10:20 am Make it through security with enough time for 1 shot Jameson.
10:30 am - 11:00 am: Board.
11:00 am - 5 pm: Sleep on plane on the way back to Chicago.
Friday
9:00 am - 3:30 pm: Be'ezlebe is hard at werk. No lunch break.
3:30 pm - 4:40 pm: Take CTA to O'Hare.
4:40: Find out 7 pm flight is delayed until 8 pm.
4:42 - 7:30 pm: Draw mini-comic at airport bar. Eat chicken fingers. 2 whiskeys & 1 beer. *note to self: Midway Airport lets you take your drinks around the airport in a to go cup. This allows for enjoyable rides up and down the moving walkways. O'Hare does not allow you to do this and has NO moving walk ways.
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Bored... I mean Board.
8:00 pm - 12:00 am (from Chicago to west coast time): Sleep on plane. Wake up for drink cart. 1 beer.
12:00 am - 2:30 am: Enjoy very strong cocktails. Find out Grandmother's phone number. Lie to host about spilling cocktail on his computer. Walk around fantastically three-dimensional San Francisco streets.
3:30 - 10:00 am Sleep
Saturday
10:30: Brunch at Kate's Ktichen. 1 Bacon, egg, and cheese.
11:30 -2:00 pm: lounge around Baker Beach. Fly a kite. Play with dogs. Watch cherubic naked babies. Curse the Chicago winter from afar. Call grandmother I haven't seen for seven years.
2:00 pm - 3:30 Prepare for interview.
3:30 pm - 4:45 Rock interview for China teaching/office admin. job.
5:02 pm - 6:00 pm Arrive at Caltrain station 2 minutes too late for 5 pm train. Loiter. 1 gatorade, 2 ibuprofin, 1 odwalla bar.
6:00 pm - 7:20 pm Sit infront of crazy dude at caltrain. Shift around uncomfortably while crazy dude grunts, snorts, and loudly praises McDonalds for providing him with napkins.
7:20 pm Arrive in Sunnyvale and get picked up by cousin.
7:30 - 9:00 pm Hang out with afformentioned grandmother. Get hugged and patted by grandmother. Get shit for not having seen her for seven years. Shift around uncomfortably.
9:00 pm - 10:40 pm Go to other cousin's house for his other cousin's birthday. See and hang out with many other cousins, all of whome have nicer cars than I'll ever have. 2 guinness, 1 shot hennessy, 1 shot corazon.
10:44 - 12:00 am Sleep on caltrain.
12:00 am - 1:00 am Hang out with host. 1 shot scotch & 1frozen burrito.[correction: frozen-first, then re-heated burrito. Note: burrito was NOT consumed while it was frozen.]
1:00 am - 10:00 am Sleep
Sunday
10:00 am - 11:30 am: Eat breakfast, shower, prepare for day. 1 sesame bagel w/butter & 1 cup of coffee.
11:30 - 1 pm: Drive to Sonoma. Enjoy scenic California hills. Curse the flatness of Chicago from afar. Contemplate geographic determinism. 2 & 1/2 joints.
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Spend 10 dollars for all day pass for Russian Wine Rd. Barrel Tasting Festival. Visit half a dozen or so wineries. Unclear amount of wine.
4:00 pm - 5:55 pm: Zoom back to San Francisco. Shift around really uncomfortably for fear of missing 6 pm train to grandmother's house.
5:55 pm: Briefcase breaks. Trot into train station to meet my brother.
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Catch up with the BB.
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Eat tons and tons of fried, greasey Filipino food. Get guilt tripped by grandmother some more.
9:30 pm - 9:45: Visit other cousin and said cousin's new baby.
9:45 pm - 10:15: Realize ID and credit card are in friend's pocket. Convince other cousin to drive me and brother back to San Francisco.
10:15 - 1:00 am: Fetch ID and credit card. Go to BB's hotel. Hang out with Game Developers. 1 bottle of scotch (between 4).
1:00 am - 8:00 am Sleep
Monday
8:00 am - 9:15 am: Wake up and breakfast at touristy diner. 1 order biscuits and gravy & 1 oreo milkshake.
9:15 - 9:30 am: Pack, rush out the door and to Bart station.
9:30 am - 9:45: Shift weight nervously from one leg to the other waiting for train. Hear announcement that train to SFO is delayed indefinitely due to a "medical emergency."
9:45 am - 10:08 am: Curse. Rush back up the stairs and flag down taxi. Pray for my life as cabbie drives 20 - 30 miles over the speed limit
10:08 am - 10:20 am Make it through security with enough time for 1 shot Jameson.
10:30 am - 11:00 am: Board.
11:00 am - 5 pm: Sleep on plane on the way back to Chicago.
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1frozen burrito.
Patently wrong!