Long Overdue...

...for a new post, I KNOW, but I just flew home after another whirlwind trip that included a four-hour drive on top of a brief flight that seemed much longer due to criminally long lines for security at LAX. I mean, really LAX, why is it you are so ill-equipped to handle the amount of traffic scurrying through your gleaming glass doors? It's not as though L.A. just recently turned into a bustling metropolis, folks. Pick up the pace, y'all.

At least Oakland Airport has their shit together. As someone who travels by air 4-5 times a year, my vote goes to THE OAK for being da bomb of the airport world. (Oops... I just unwittingly said "bomb" and "airport" in the same sentence. Is that Herr Ashcroft I hear knocking at my door?)

Anyway, I humbly congratulate OAK for being the first in my dozen or so post-9/11 airport visits to notice (and, sadly, confiscate) my handsome pocket-knife, the same knife I inadvertently carried undetected through security at Newark a mere three weeks after that awful September morning.

What else? Naturally, spending time with family and dear friends (though briefly) was wonderful. As an added bonus, I had a rather unexpected visit with some east coast cousins over coffee at Rocca in Santa Monica, during which BJ nearly knocked me off my chair by mentioning how much he and Jonathan enjoy my blog. This very blog! Naturally, I blushed, inquired as to why they'd never posted comments to let me know of their sneaky readings and encouraged them to comment in the future. I, for one, never tire of discovering just who out there is tuning in, especially on those rare occasions when the news is of such pleasant surprise. So, let this serve as an official greeting to BJ, C and J, and anyone else who's been reading without providing me the honor and pleasure of knowing it! Nudge nudge, wink wink, all you secret readers...

Posted by ayelet at March 22, 2005 05:08 PM