Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Vacation day. Mexico City vacation, day 1 of 6. Breakfast at home with Patrick: toasted thin everything bagels with cream cheese, 8 ounces of chocolate milk for Patrick, one pint of hot water for me. Finished packing. Processed one load of laundry. Phil and Drew picked me up at home. We're going to Mexico City for a few days with Quyen and Dave to see one of the Dia de los Muertos parades. Two of their friends are joining us: Julio and Efrain. Patrick is staying at home. Phil, Drew, and I drove to SFO where we met Danny who was returning from Philadelphia. We alighted with our luggage, and Danny took the car home with his luggage. Phil and Drew had Global Entry and passed through TSA in a few seconds. I did not and spent 30 minutes in TSA. I met them in the KLM lounge where they got me in. We enjoyed food and drink. 9:00 am Aeromexico flight 669 with Phil and Drew. The flight departed on time. I attempted to watch movies borrowed from Hoopla, but when I opened Hoopla with airplane mode turned on the app's screen was blank and I could not find any of the content I had downloaded earlier. Instead I watched Journey to the Center of the Earth on the plane's video screen and then rewatched Joan Rivers Don't Start With Me on my iPhone X via Netflix downloaded video. The inflight meal served not long after we were in the air was ham and swiss on croissant, applesauce, a small piece of dark chocolate. Upon arriving in Mexico City there was a long delay on the tarmac waiting for an available gate. Continued reading from Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living. After our flight, we waited about 2.5 hours for Quyen and Dave whose flight was expected to arrive 30 minutes after ours. Gave up waiting after about 2.5 hours. Rode UberXL to the Airbnb. Efrain was already there. Quyen and Dave arrived a little later. After settling, Efrain, Phil, Drew, Quyen, and I walked to drinks and small bites at J&G Grill at the St. Regis. Dave remained at the Airbnb resting. Back to the Airbnb. We had noticed that the Airbnb had advertised two bathrooms but had only one, which was going to present a problem since we had 6 persons. It was also a much smaller place than we are used to for 6 persons. To bed.