Off to LA for 48 Hours
Sep. 16th, 2025 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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SJC Airport · Tue, 16 Sep 2025. 1:30pm
Today I'm headed off to Los Angeles. I'll be staffing my company's exhibit at AWS Connect tomorrow.
Travel to LA from here is fairly easy. I'm even flying through Burbank airport on this trip, which is so... cozy 😅... that it's fast to navigate and avoids all the hullabaloo of LAX. Well, it should be fast. But I'm flying Southwest, which means...
Yup, my flight is delayed. It looks like we're going to be 15 minutes late.
Thankfully I've arranged my schedule so being a little late this afternoon isn't a problem. I'm traveling in the afternoon rather than late at night— so a late flight doesn't mean getting to the hotel at midnight or later. I'm also not trying to jet in to LA tomorrow morning at dawn to work the show same-day.
Ditto on the return trip: I'm not trying to rush home late tomorrow night. Partly that's because airlines don't even seem to offer late evening flights to SJC from LAX/BUR anymore. But partly it's because my company is hosting an after party tomorrow evening. I've got to be a gracious co-host and be there for my customers and prospects. Which means I'll stay over Wednesday night and fly home Thursday morning.
All told, I'll be back a whiff under 48 hours after leaving.
Update: Keep reading in To Live and Dine in LA!
SJC Airport · Tue, 16 Sep 2025. 1:30pm
Today I'm headed off to Los Angeles. I'll be staffing my company's exhibit at AWS Connect tomorrow.
Travel to LA from here is fairly easy. I'm even flying through Burbank airport on this trip, which is so... cozy 😅... that it's fast to navigate and avoids all the hullabaloo of LAX. Well, it should be fast. But I'm flying Southwest, which means...
Yup, my flight is delayed. It looks like we're going to be 15 minutes late.
Thankfully I've arranged my schedule so being a little late this afternoon isn't a problem. I'm traveling in the afternoon rather than late at night— so a late flight doesn't mean getting to the hotel at midnight or later. I'm also not trying to jet in to LA tomorrow morning at dawn to work the show same-day.
Ditto on the return trip: I'm not trying to rush home late tomorrow night. Partly that's because airlines don't even seem to offer late evening flights to SJC from LAX/BUR anymore. But partly it's because my company is hosting an after party tomorrow evening. I've got to be a gracious co-host and be there for my customers and prospects. Which means I'll stay over Wednesday night and fly home Thursday morning.
All told, I'll be back a whiff under 48 hours after leaving.
Update: Keep reading in To Live and Dine in LA!
