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Skriven 2011-07-31 17:03:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: june trip report 672
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CO3215 BWI EWR 1410 1540 DH4 2A
CO 588 EWR BOS 1655 1801 738 3A

A couple of uneventful flights. The only notable thing is
that the kindly agents at BWI rerouted me on a Boston flight
that had first class - my original ticket offered me an
uncomfortable seat on a tiny aircraft; this way I got to
stretch out and have a Courvoisier and forget I was flying.

Lilli met me at the terminal, not having got my message
about my coming out via the secret upstairs door by the
ticket counter, and having to hustle upstairs from baggage
claim (why would anyone wait for me at baggage claim? - I
do my utmostest to avoid checking a bag); after the usual
greetings we hopped the shuttle to the subway station and
walked to Santarpio's, where I'd planned on taking her anyhow.
This pizzeria always gets pitted against Regina's of the
North End in the battle for best in Boston. The two always
tie. I think the Travel Channel and Food Network producers
like their free food and will do anything to keep it flowing.

A pepperoni pizza, a carafe of cheap cheap red wine,
and a skewer of lamb tips: inexpensive and satisfying,
and she took half the pizza back for later.

Through some miscommunication, we'd booked the Courtyard
(I think) and the Hilton respectively. I don't think the
former has breakfast, so the leftover pizza probably went
to a good home. The Hilton has a previously reported-on
meager breakfast in the club lounge - fresh fruit (pretty
good), mediocre pastries (better than they look, though),
toast and jam, cold cereal, and boiled eggs. Worse than
the Hampton's, better than nothing.

We met at 11 at the club, where Lynne gave us the unwelcome
news that the bar wasn't open until 12 (she thinks I'm a
dangerous alky anyhow). So we went to the Beer Works, where
the hamburgers are big and goodish, and they serve beer in
the morning. Same issue at EWR, where the club pleads state
law - but Gallagher's down the way starts pouring at 10.

UA 823 BOS IAD 1337 1524 320 3AB

Both the purser and the pilot announced Channel 9, on which
we get to eavesdrop on the pilots. It was a nice day to fly,
and the flight was on time.

So an hour to loll about at the club at Dulles, where the catering
was meager but the restrooms clean, functional, and welcome.

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