NEW YORK CITY TO SEATTLE TO HONOLULU

Well, the good news is that we're back in Honolulu, and all is well. Started off in New York City. Hotel said there was a set $70 cost of the taxi ride to JFK Airport. Well, when you add the toll charges and tip, it was up to $90. That in itself was okay. So we checked in for our 1PM departure time, which was ticketed more than three months ago. After we picked up our tickets, we went to the excellent Alaska Airline lounge and was beginning a leisurely breakfast when we found out that we needed to board the plane at 11:05, which was less than half an hour away. We never got any notice for this change. We came extra early to be safe, and it turned out that we only barely made this flight.

Some photos.

Bloody Mary and champagne in Alaska Air lounge.

Here is about when we learned we had only a few minutes rather than a couple of hours in the lounge. Our plane.

Goodbye Manhattan from air.

Then noticed the plane we were on was the Boeing 737 MAX 9, the one that lost a door in flight.

Oh well, must be okay now. Lunch was fine.

Watched the movie, Holdovers. Rotten Tomatoes score of 97/92, about as good as it can get. Got 5 Academy Award nominations, for Best Picture and Best Actor for Paul Giamatti. Da'Vine Joy Randolph won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Mount Rainier.

Spent a couple of hours in the Alaska Air lounge. Then, our final leg, Seattle to Honolulu.

Acceptable meal with White Label Whiskey and red wine.

Watched The Notebook, with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. A few twists, and audiences liked it. Rotten Tomatoes scores of 54%/85%.

Saw a sunset.

And yes, another Boeing 737 MAX 9, but this time over 2678 miles of open ocean.

Arrived in Honolulu at 8:30PM.

Walked 7862 steps.

All our plants bloomed during our absence. Must be 50 calamansis to come.

Plumeria.

Orchid.

Anthurium.

Went to Marukai and bought a few items to enhance our 15Craigside meals.

Later today, our Mother's Day Dinner.

Last night Nemo Mettler of Switzerland, who identifies himself as non-binary, won the song contest.

Greta Thunberg, who is from Sweden, joined the pro-Palestine protestors and was arrested.

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