Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Redeye

The redeye from JFK to Orly. I won't try to sell it as a terrible hardship. Afterall, it was on this weird airline called Openskies on which the entire aircraft is set up as business class. It's a strange experience ... makes one wonder: is the appeal of business class the enhanced service or the set-apart-ness? Or said another way, if everyone is special then is no one special? Or am I just a jerk because somehow I find a reason to whine about traveling in business class?

The good news is that my post-transatlantic travel transition period seems to be shrinking. The old rule of thumb (a day of transition per time zone crossed) used to apply but I seem to have down to a couple of days now. I

It's mid-September and the rentrée is complete: the tourists have thinned out and the Parisiens have returned. The weather is turning to Fall and you know what that means ... scarves everywhere!

6 comments:

Scott said...

Scarves... I think it is time for you to come forward with a count of your current collection. In fact, a photo display might be in order.

Craig Bob said...

That could be potentially embarrassing. Possibly even troubling.

Scott said...

Fair enough. But it might be worth it just to blow JBlog's circuits. It would be like that Star Trek episode when the computer takes over the Enterprise and Kirk feeds it an unanswerable conundrum to freak it out...

Lora said...

scarves rock

Trav said...

dig the new photo. even they are "everyman" windows.

Craig Bob said...

Do the smudges give them away as everyman windows?