I suppose I could just start calling this a travel blog since thats when I post most often. You’d think now, having almost an entire semester of my MFA in Creative Writing under my belt, that I would be posting on a regular basis – bestowing beautiful words upon all of you at my leisure. You’d be wrong!
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Thanks Classified bathroom
We drove to Newark last night and stayed in a hotel next to the airport – our flight leaves at 11am this morning so we figured it would allow us to sleep a little longer this way. Wrong again! We were invited to dine at the hidden restaurant Classified as part of Tim’s affair with United Airlines. I would be jealous, but I’ll never be able to compete with United, so I just let them give him nice things like exclusive restaurant access and Polaris business seating, as long as they’re willing to include me in the deal. So we booked a reservation for 8am and had a quiet, delicious breakfast.
We take off at noon which is 2AM tomorrow in Tokyo, and although we should try and go to sleep right as soon as possible, that would mean missing our four course dining service which we simply couldn’t do.
Chilled Appetizer
Smoked nori-wraped salmon, edamame, radish, edamame hummus
Salad
Cabbage, bok choy, carrot, mango, served with dressing and assorted breads
Spicy Chicken
Thai-style coconut-ginger broth, udon noodles
Signature Sundae
Served with a choice of toppings
And maybe just a little buffalo trace, since they put my favorite bourbon on the flight for me and everything. I couldn’t just NOT drink it I mean, that would be inconsiderate. Right?
Polaris Cabin
Then likely a nap. I’m sure when we get into Narita we’ll be lagging, but we only have to stay awake for, what, 7 hours? Yes, we’ll have to fight through 7 hours. So I’ll have plenty of time to post about our first day, which means if I don’t you can complain.
All for now – bon voyage!