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 i

Nothing much happening with the pandemic, politics and weather, so I'll just summarize what I have been doing this weekend, which is mostly watching television.  Plus that insect invasion just now beginning.  Oh, Happy Mother's, Lost Sock Memorial, Moscato, Butterscotch Brownie and Sleepover Day. While the University of Hawaii women's volleyball team is said to have won three NCAA championships, the last one was more than a third of a century ago.  The big deal this weekend is that the men's team won its first national championship.  They had previously prevailed in 2002, but that was taken back because of an irregularity which is allowed today. I started yesterday with a uniquely gourmet volleyball tailgate ( meaning eating a meal while watching any sporting event on TV ) no one on Planet Earth or anywhere in the 14 billion year history of our Universe has ever before had.  I first decided that my Kentucky Derby Mint Julep was not authentic enough, so I went out and pu