Live blogging

Lin is looking at me. I am down in the Holiday Inn Express breakfast room, eating a bagel and drinking orange juice. Lyd just joined us. We all thought we were going to be the last ones down but it looks like everyone else is still sleeping. (Lyd just went back up to wake Cliffie up.)

The trip in was as miserable as you would expect the redeye flight to be. We got the airport an hour late, but without a lot of sleep; the flight was fairly uncomfortable. The ride to the city on the shuttle was fine and surprisingly short (so we didn't get much more sleep then, either.) (Lin just left to get something.)

In short order, Otis got to see The Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the main library, and Grand Central Terminal as we walked through the crowded and humid streets of mid-town. She also experienced brunch at a little coffee shop that was perfectly characteristic of the kind of place you would have breakfast or lunch if you worked in Manhattan; that turned out to be her only New York experience, since we were so fagged out by the trip we decided to head straight out to Connecticut rather than do much at all in town first.

We grabbed the first New Haven train we could and settled in for the two-hour ride out, catching a little more sleep along the way. We had to switch to a CT train to get the last little bit, and then called a cab to get to the Holiday Inn. We arrived at 3:00 pm local time, fifteen hours after Otis had picked me up at the college - that's not bad, actually. (Lyd just came back with Cliffie and Monj.) (NJ just came down.)

We napped and showered and were ready for the party down at the marina. Lots of new people to meet, and lots of old pals to see, including Star and her daughter Susie Q, as well as relatives of all sorts. Dingo had beat us here, but she had left fifteen hours earlier, so that's to be expected. (Lots of people are down now, including Paulie and his fiancee, and Joe, the groom.)

We didn't stay at the party really late - it ran from about 5:30 to 9:00 - but then we hung out in the hotel lobby for another hour or so after we got back.

(Lin came back.)
(Wow, it's busy visiting.)
(Bye.)