Thursday, August 15, 2002

Sort the SFO details

It is proving difficult to arrange affordable air travel to match my schedule for a westward jaunt to attend Fray Day 6 in San Francisco, but I think I've got it puzzled out. The difficulty is opening our theatre season on Friday night, flying out Saturday morning, and then getting back to St. Louis in time to teach Tuesday morning. It appears I can fly into Oakland (with a connection at O'Hare, something I'm ordinarily loathe to do) and leave from SFO on the red-eye (which was the flight I was on last September 11) for something approaching a reasonable fare. But hey, wasn't the SFO BART extension supposed to be open by now?! Remaining decisions: What story to tell and whether to arrange a bread-breaking.

Friday, July 27, 2001

On the way to Fray

What a friend I have in Orbitz! I have to say I'm favorably impressed with the new travel site, a collaboration among several airlines, since it has found fares saving me a lot of scratch for several trips recently. It's convenient, very usable and reliable.

Happily, a few minutes spent with Orbitz has convinced me I probably can plan on attending Fray Day 5 in San Francisco this year. A particular bit of bad timing, placing the seminal web/real-world storytelling event on the same weekend as our opening performances at the theatre, left me dubious of my chances to make it this year, but things are looking up. Now, then, what story to tell?