WE ARE IN SEATTLE

I knew Honolulu International Airport did not rank well compared to the rest of the world, but just saw that it is ranked fourth from the bottom.  We are better than Philadelphia International Airport, Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, and St. Louis Lambert International Airport.  And that's good, for we were second worst in 2023, 2022 and 2020.  So that person to the left is wrong.  We are not the worst.  The best is John Wayne International Airport of Orange County.

Started our journey in our usual Hawaiian Airline executive lounge.  But they refused to admit us, because ours were DOMESTIC business class ticket.  Were told to go to their other lounge, which had no food and only coffee and water.  This room was actually full.  Through negotiations, the person at the desk gave us two premier coupons to go back to their better lounge.  A few photos showing beer, wine, minestrone soup, pork sandwich, etc.

Not bad, actually.  Then on to our flight.

Goodbye Honolulu.

Honolulu to Seattle

Saya was wonderful.

Meal was a so-so broccoli and cauliflower bolognese pasta, with Bloody Mary and beer.

Asked for a ramen with beer.

That might have been the highlight of the flight.  Saw Lola, a very strange 2023 British science fiction film, given 98/68 scores by Rotten Tomatoes.   I can understand why the audience gave such a low rating, because it was difficult to understand what was happening.  Nevertheless, intriguing, for the heroine was a genius who invented a machine in 1941 of a radio that could reach into the future.  In time, British intelligence arrests the sisters for being German agents.  But they find out that their futuristic radio, called Lola, can help them win the war.  The sisters were mostly listening to future music, like David Bowie.  The part I don't understand is that the end shows Hitler succeeding in occupying England.

The second film was a 2023 real-life Japanese production, Winny, about the trial of a research assistant at the University of Tokyo in 2002.  WinNY was a file-sharing program enabling some to illegally upload games and movies.  If you like trial movies, this is a good one.

After a flight of more than five hours, plane landed at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport.

We're at the twin-towers Sheraton Grand.

Went to the Executive Club for a free breakfast.

Today, we have a late lunch with Seattle friends, and perhaps a stroll through Pike's Market, which is less than a 10-minute walk from this hotel.

The eye of Hurricane Milton rolled over Sarasota, at a strength between Category 2 and 3 at 8PM EDT, moved across Florida at nearly 20 MPH, and entered the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Canaveral.  At this writing, still a Category 1, but weakening.  Missing a large metropolitan area like Tampa, only a weak Category 3 and racing along so swiftly, there have been 12 confirmed deaths so far with many millions without electricity, but compared to what occurred after Hurricane Helene, Florida was largely spared.

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