I missed Adirondack seltzer

Sep 10, 2004 01:08

The flight to Connecticut was quite eventful, as, thanks to AA mileage and my poor advance planning, we flew first class. Naturally, we began drinking at take-off and I think I had four glasses of actually decent wine that came from a full-sized bottle. The cabin ran out of Heinekin before take-off. My age was questioned, but not scrutinized, as I was already rather soused when it occured to the flight attendant that I might not be legal. The "pie in the sky and other delights" were quite good, and we amused ourselves with Celebrated Living. There was a lengthy section on watches, which insisted that even though tourbollon (sp) watches run six figures+ AND keep time less accurately than a quartz, "the ballet of craftsmanship" in the watch makes owning one essential. Rather. Sky Mall also never ceases to amaze me. The big find was a dolphin-shaped toliet flusher for $15 (last time it was a fake boulder!).

Luggage retrieval got jumbled up enough to make us miss the Apprentice premiere, but I am not daunted, as our new TV system is beastly and well-equipped to tape the re-run on Saturday night. It's all of those Comcast ads on a plasma with a TV remote the size of a Japanese laptop. It has a screen, I kid you not.

It's nice being back. The air smells of low tide, there is absolutely nothing to do or drink, and I think we are making a New England pilgrimage tomorrow. Right before we left for CVS, my mom warned us that it was a "questionable sleazy place" and told us to be careful. Oh yes, the CVS in Groton was extremely questionable with 3 well-dressed Caucasian teenagers shopping unobtrusively and a friendly storeclerk. If Hyde Park's Walgreens was even an eigth as "sketchy" as that, they would be commended. Heck, if they narrowed it down to one panhandler a day, the neighborhood would celebrate.
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