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Knoxville wrap-up
Oct. 24th, 2009 06:47 pmThings I forgot to mention about Thursday:
We hit Market Square during a demo/show-off of a bunch of electric cars and renewable resource stuff. Got to ride on a Segway and poke around at some electric trucks. Saw a really cute electric lawn tractor. Won a couple pint glasses from Tennessee Green Fuels for our mad bean bag throwing skillz.
We also accidentally found a gay bar while looking for the titty bar. If you ever need to track down the rainbow folk in Knoxville, try Club XYZ. Or, you might wanna talk to the extravagantly be-jeweled gent at Bliss in Market Square.
On to Friday:
Friday we abandoned our goal of busing due to rain. We walked 2 blocks; by the end of the first, Bruce declared that I was indecent. Something to do with the water soaking my shirt down to me. We took shelter in Cafe 4, which was atrociously busy, and had a radio show broadcasting from the patio. Apparently they do not stir their mochas there... Not sure why. But if your first drink tastes like straight espresso, try stirring it. The pulled pork quesadilla was YUMMY. Parmesan on fries is a grand idea, but I think the truffle oil was wasted on fries. Bruce had the tomato bisque, and said "that's about as good as tomato soup gets".
Then off to brave the airlines again. Got to the airport early to request seat reassignments next to each other. Which means that since all flights to and from Chicago were delayed by weather, we got to spend 3 hours at the gate. Yay. But this time we actually got gasp good customer service, and the gent at the podium got us seated next to each other on all 3 planes.
So, flight #1 from Knoxville to Chicago left at 5 instead of 3:30. Fortunately for us, flight #2 out of Chicago was also running late, so we had an ample 30 minutes to get to our next plane. Unfortunately, that means that we arrived in SeaTac after our flight out was already boarded. I have a serious gripe about the airport here. There was NO ONE at any of the gates to ask questions of... no customer service to direct us to our next gate. We had to go all the way back out to the end of the concourse to find a board with flight info posted, then all the way back down the concourse to our gate. Inconvenient, to say the least.
Anyway, we arrived home at about 1AM. Tried to start a fire, it being rather colder in the mountains of home than it is in Knoxville. Well, actually, I DID start a fire. Unfortunately, for some reason we have not figured out, the chimney would NOT draw. Had smoke coming back out the air intakes under the stove and around the door seal, but it would NOT go up the flue. Made for a less than incredibly pleasant atmosphere inside. The really really weird thing here is that it works JUST FINE today. Maybe there was a raccoon sleeping across the top or something.
Okay, think I'm done with this travel log of sorts. Now I'm gonna go make Bruce paint my toenails and help him look for rope tying instructions for later...
We hit Market Square during a demo/show-off of a bunch of electric cars and renewable resource stuff. Got to ride on a Segway and poke around at some electric trucks. Saw a really cute electric lawn tractor. Won a couple pint glasses from Tennessee Green Fuels for our mad bean bag throwing skillz.
We also accidentally found a gay bar while looking for the titty bar. If you ever need to track down the rainbow folk in Knoxville, try Club XYZ. Or, you might wanna talk to the extravagantly be-jeweled gent at Bliss in Market Square.
On to Friday:
Friday we abandoned our goal of busing due to rain. We walked 2 blocks; by the end of the first, Bruce declared that I was indecent. Something to do with the water soaking my shirt down to me. We took shelter in Cafe 4, which was atrociously busy, and had a radio show broadcasting from the patio. Apparently they do not stir their mochas there... Not sure why. But if your first drink tastes like straight espresso, try stirring it. The pulled pork quesadilla was YUMMY. Parmesan on fries is a grand idea, but I think the truffle oil was wasted on fries. Bruce had the tomato bisque, and said "that's about as good as tomato soup gets".
Then off to brave the airlines again. Got to the airport early to request seat reassignments next to each other. Which means that since all flights to and from Chicago were delayed by weather, we got to spend 3 hours at the gate. Yay. But this time we actually got gasp good customer service, and the gent at the podium got us seated next to each other on all 3 planes.
So, flight #1 from Knoxville to Chicago left at 5 instead of 3:30. Fortunately for us, flight #2 out of Chicago was also running late, so we had an ample 30 minutes to get to our next plane. Unfortunately, that means that we arrived in SeaTac after our flight out was already boarded. I have a serious gripe about the airport here. There was NO ONE at any of the gates to ask questions of... no customer service to direct us to our next gate. We had to go all the way back out to the end of the concourse to find a board with flight info posted, then all the way back down the concourse to our gate. Inconvenient, to say the least.
Anyway, we arrived home at about 1AM. Tried to start a fire, it being rather colder in the mountains of home than it is in Knoxville. Well, actually, I DID start a fire. Unfortunately, for some reason we have not figured out, the chimney would NOT draw. Had smoke coming back out the air intakes under the stove and around the door seal, but it would NOT go up the flue. Made for a less than incredibly pleasant atmosphere inside. The really really weird thing here is that it works JUST FINE today. Maybe there was a raccoon sleeping across the top or something.
Okay, think I'm done with this travel log of sorts. Now I'm gonna go make Bruce paint my toenails and help him look for rope tying instructions for later...
