Mr Chihuly Finally Comes To Town

There is nothing better than skipping out of work early on a Friday afternoon. Made all the sweeter because we don’t do it often, we are on our way to the Chihuly exhibit at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. We are ready for play, and this time I am sure that we will see Mr Chihuly’s work.

Trip to Nowhere on American Airlines – Part III

This is the third and final episode of a true story. If you haven’t read the first two parts you’ll find the first one here and the second here. Enjoy and weep with me.

 

When we get home, still not quite believing what has just happened, we collapse. Why am I so tired? Why is my head aching? I close my eyes and put my feet up on a couple of pillows. The house is silent as though to say, “What are you doing here?” After an hour or so, I get up enough courage to tell Antun that I have a bad feeling about our checked baggage trace. “For some reason I don’t believe what the baggage agent told us.”

 

Trip to Nowhere on American Airlines: Part II

Author’s note: This is the second part of a true story about traveling on American Airlines. If you haven’t read Part I yet go here.

 

I can’t sleep. I drift off only to be brought back to wakefulness. Finally, I doze off but my dreams are fitful and Antun shakes me to free me of them. In the morning I am sleepy but cheerful. “Let’s go to Dallas or Fort Worth. There’s a modern art museum in Fort Worth.” Antun agrees and so we plan an afternoon at the Kimball Art Museum and the modern art museum across the street. Our plan is to take a taxi but the hotel concierge tells us, “You’ll have to rent a car.”  Even with our “Gold status’ renting a car is expensive, but we need diversion and want to make the best of the circumstances. 

 

Trip to Nowhere on American Airlines – Part I

This wasn’t supposed to happen. This was totally unexpected, truly disappointing, and amazingly exhausting. The simple fact is American Airlines can’t get you there. They can sell you a ticket, take your baggage, and issue you a boarding pass; but they can’t get you to your destination.