The Stills Day 17, Buffalo, NY to New York, NY
I got up a little early today, hoping to get to the airport early enough to get bumped to an earlier flight. Success! After a scary ride in a cab that had bullet holes in the side, no seat belts, doors that jammed shut and a chain smoking driver, I got my 4pm flight bumped up to 11am. Totally worth it.
I got to the gate for the 11:01am departure, and waited... waited... waited... waited... 11:01am comes and goes... There's no plane at the gate. Apparently the plane we're supposed to have is schedule to arrive, on time no less, at 11:20am. Brilliant. Do the math on that one. Thank you US Airways. I'm no quantum physicist, but even I know you can't warp time like that.
So the plane shows up, people get off, we get on and we wait... wait... wait some more... Announcement: LaGuardia airport in NYC is shut down, please wait patiently for further details. After a few minutes they told us we could get off the plane, cause it could be a while. They looked in to rerouting us, but because LGA was down, it backed up every other airport in the northeast, even out to Boston and Philly. Great. Eventually, we got out about 2 hrs later. Fortunately, I didn't have to make any connections, so once we hit the ground all I had to do was grab my bags and run.
We got in around 2:30pm, so I was a little worried about traffic on the BQE back to the apartment, which could easily turn my 30min ride into 90 min. I don't really know how or why, but traffic and construction included, my ride only took about 30 mins. It was kind of a miracle, even the cabbie was in shock. He thought for sure he'd ring me up for $75, but I got out at $39. Killer deal.
Finally, RV is done, flights are over and tomorrow I can wake up and not have to run off anywhere. Can't wait. I now have 4 days off, then I start a new tour with a band called Morcheeba. They're from the UK, haven't worked with them before and just started checking out the music today. Sounds pretty cool, they sound like cool people too, and I have friends on the crew. Should be a good time. In a bus. I don't have to drive. Amazing.
I got to the gate for the 11:01am departure, and waited... waited... waited... waited... 11:01am comes and goes... There's no plane at the gate. Apparently the plane we're supposed to have is schedule to arrive, on time no less, at 11:20am. Brilliant. Do the math on that one. Thank you US Airways. I'm no quantum physicist, but even I know you can't warp time like that.
So the plane shows up, people get off, we get on and we wait... wait... wait some more... Announcement: LaGuardia airport in NYC is shut down, please wait patiently for further details. After a few minutes they told us we could get off the plane, cause it could be a while. They looked in to rerouting us, but because LGA was down, it backed up every other airport in the northeast, even out to Boston and Philly. Great. Eventually, we got out about 2 hrs later. Fortunately, I didn't have to make any connections, so once we hit the ground all I had to do was grab my bags and run.
We got in around 2:30pm, so I was a little worried about traffic on the BQE back to the apartment, which could easily turn my 30min ride into 90 min. I don't really know how or why, but traffic and construction included, my ride only took about 30 mins. It was kind of a miracle, even the cabbie was in shock. He thought for sure he'd ring me up for $75, but I got out at $39. Killer deal.
Finally, RV is done, flights are over and tomorrow I can wake up and not have to run off anywhere. Can't wait. I now have 4 days off, then I start a new tour with a band called Morcheeba. They're from the UK, haven't worked with them before and just started checking out the music today. Sounds pretty cool, they sound like cool people too, and I have friends on the crew. Should be a good time. In a bus. I don't have to drive. Amazing.
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