Entries tagged with "airport"
Impressions of the Houston airport, in haiku form
posted by srah on June 13, 2007 8:50 AM
Tags: airport, haiku, poetry, texas
Wandering, sleepy A golf cart runs me over Then another one Golf carts everywhere Ferry old and invalid And lazy people Familiar transport But elsewhere the golf carts beep Here drivers mumble She says: "Excuse me" Just before I am mowed down "Bump" under her wheels In Texas, roadkill: Car versus armadillo Golf cart versus srah...
Let us all take our pennyfarthing bicycles to the aero-port!
posted by srah on June 4, 2007 12:39 PM
Tags: airlines, airport, cincinnati, dayton, delta airlines, propeller planes, travel, united airlines, us airways
I am equidistant from the Cincinnati and Dayton airports, but I usually prefer flying out of Dayton. Dayton Airport: ProsCincinnati Airport: Prosflights are always cheaper than Cincinnatiyou can walk from the parking lot to the airport rather than waiting for a shuttleit's too small to get lost inyou can get some steps in walking from one end of the airport to anothershorter security/airline waits (usually)smaller and cuterfree wireless internetcheaper parkingmore frequent flightsmore airlinesmore to do and see in the airportmore to do and see on the way to the airportbigger and fancier (note: this is only true of the Delta...
'Dammit, Johnny, you know I love my Big Beef 'n Cheddar!'
posted by srah on March 15, 2007 10:55 AM
Tags: airport, arby's, atlanta, delta airlines, travel
I will be flying from Dayton to Atlanta from about 3-4:30 today, then from Atlanta to Seattle from about 7 (EDT) to 9:30 (PDT). In all my 9 or so hours of transit, I understand that I will receive complimentary beverage service and maybe up to three snack items for the journey. I'm leaving town at 11am in order to drive to the airport, which means that I will have two meals to cover on the road. I brought myself a cheese sandwich to tide myself over, but I imagine that by the time I arrive in Atlanta, I will...
Foul, fetid, fuming, foggy Philadelphia (airport)
posted by srah on July 24, 2006 12:01 PM
Tags: airlines, airport, pennsylvania, philadelphia, travel, us airways
To my great surprise, I went to Philadelphia last week. I'd known for weeks that I was going to Pennsylvania, but I hadn't realized that the town I was going to is basically a suburb of Philadelphia and that my hotel was even within the city limits. So I apologize to all of you Brotherly Love Citizens that I did not warn you of my impending arrival. I thought I was going to some town a ways out from Teh Big City. And who knew that cities on the east coast had trains and things like public transportation? It somehow...
Thoughts from Detroit Metro Airport
posted by srah on August 2, 2005 1:27 PM
Tags: airport, chai, christopher brookmyre, detroit metro, starbucks, travel
The guy at the check-in desk asked if I was over 18. Sigh. I asked him if my bag was small enough to carry on and he looked at it for a while and judged that I should check it. I shouldn't have asked - it probably would have passed.In my rush to get out of the house this morning, I skipped brushing my teeth, justifying it by telling myself that it would give me something to do while I waited for my flight. Now my toothbrush has been checked and I am The Great Untoothbrushed. Waaaaaah!I am also The...
