Not off to a great start… Only myself to blame

I should have eaten more in the lounge, as I left home without eating, and lunch on the flight won’t be until 11:30 (on a 9:30 departure) and no pdb (pre departure beverage) either – need some coffee with Bailey’s, stat!
Biz class on Cops is like domestic biz on United, which is to say old school barcaloungers and no individual entertainment or power ports. At least they call it business and not “first” (it’s a B737-800).
One hour in and have coffee, watching Maleficent..

Feeling rather unprepared for this trip, with all the crazy work hours lately. Even had to squeeze in a last minute data fix before heading to the airport thus morning, where in my foggy state I misread one request (and passed it on to someone else instead of doing the wrong thing)

Biz lunch after selecting entree from a printed menu… And I guess the salad counts as “veggies” (oh wait, and there’s a bit of spinach under the steak)
I might pre-order a veggie meal on the way back since its actually an option

Cheese melted on the mashed potatoes, and blue cheese sauce for the steak, mmm!
And now I’m glad I didn’t over indulge at breakfast.

Oh well, might as well have the sundae too :-)

Side note: after seeing an article about CATSA (the CDN TSA) being inefficient and over zealous, i found it amusing that they inspected my carryon to look more closely at my nail clippers… And but I was literally the only person at that checkpoint

Make room for fun

Pod 51 hotel in Manhattan conveniently near my client’s office, on, you guessed it, 51st St.
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Racy sign in my shoebox sized NYC hotel room (reminds me of Hong Kong)

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Tiny room, with bathrooms down the hall

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Prison sink? All stainless steel

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Safe can be licked with a code or a credit card swipe – haven’t seen that option before. Just don’t lock the cc in the safe!

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There are 4 shared full bathrooms in the hall (on my floor). Conveniently the is a panel indicating whether they are occupied or not (like in an airplane, I guess. Haven’t seen that before)

Small electronic devices ok on takeoff finally (on some airlines)

I had read that AA and DL were trialing this, but now UA and WS are also allowing it. Finally, no more silly “powered down your devices, not just airline mode”

Also, a refreshing shower in the lounge in EWR sure felt nice (the lounge near C101/C120, not the one by C74)

Biz lunch (dinner?)
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Colourful sky with bright contrails forming an X
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