4 November
2018
4 November
2018
From the bartender’s corner – Itzamana
That is an interesting name. Almost sounded like an Indian or Middle Eastern name. This cocktail is featured by Del Maguey. The original creators were Winston Greene and Adam Poley from Santa Fe, Mexico. This has mezcal, cynar (you can experiment with campari or aperol instead), orange liqueur and maraschino.
Tasted great. While the mezcal’s aroma was there, the palate was overwhelmingly brought in by the other ingredients.
3 November
2018
From the bartender’s corner – Oaxaca Square
2 November
2018
Sharmila’s Art Show…
… or in other words, free wine for me.
I came straight from the airport and arrived earlier than her. It was funny hearing all the visitors talk about her and her paintings as I milled around incognito.
At one point I walked up to a couple staring at one of her works and asked “You like this painting?”. The old couple immediately touched the painting protectively and said “We have already bought this”. Like I was going to snatch it away from under their nose or something…
I just said “Oh” and shimmied on…
2 November
2018
I guess that is one way of keeping Austin weird!
1 November
2018
Now I know…
Early morning, I was checking in to my American Airlines flight to Austin at one of those kiosks and groggily pressing thru the options on the touch screen, when I got jolted out of my half asleep stupor by what I saw.
The screen that would let me check in my bag said that first two bags were free for me (I had only one) but the third one would cost $150 !!!
$150! That is nearly the price for a round trip domestic flight!! They really, really do not want you to bring in a third bag, I mused.
Later, I was wondering about something… ever since the regime of pay-for-checked-in-bag came, I assume the cargo load must have gone down. But the planes are still the same. So, what do they do with the extra space? (You will be surprised how such non-consequential questions can keep me worried 🙂 ).
In any case, finally I settled down in my airplane seat and opened up the USA Today newspaper on my iPad. And right on the first page was this news….
I think I got my answer!!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2018/10/31/american-airlines-baggage-handler-trapped-cargo-hold-kansas-city-chicago-flight-piedmont-airlines/1833903002/
