Saturday, July 2, 2016
Notified appropriate parties of forthcoming international travel, confirmed cellular connectivity expectations with T-Mobile. T-Mobile's coverage in all the cities we're visiting in China is limited to 2G. However, data and text are included. Calls made on wifi calling are free. Calls not made on wifi calling are 20 cents per minute. No sim card swapping required—nice! Housecleaning. Late lunch with Patrick: two samosas each from frozen with chutney sauce, sparkling mineral water. Shower. Rode Lyft Line to Shotwell House. One of the longest Lyft Line rides ever: 45 minutes with two additional riders. Most of the time I consider Lyft Line to be a good deal, but every now and then one gets rides like this, and it's no longer worth paying $11 to ride with only 3 persons instead of $2.50 to ride Muni when both take roughly the same amount of time. Rode with Phil, Drew, Danny, Romy to Thunderbird House. Dinner at the house: korean food pickup. Afterwards we watched In the Heart of the Sea (2015) which I enjoyed but the rest of the group mostly panned.