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Re: Trains, Subways, Cars & Blade—What's the Fastest Way to JFK?

downtownblue — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:10:36 -0000

It seemed that Laura didn't know the systems (Subway or LIRR). I live far uptown (taking the LOCAL!) and it takes me 90 minutes door to door from LIRR. From the Flatiron, I think if she knew the system better, she would have gotten there faster.

Re: New Logo and Identity for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's by 72andSunny

downtownblue — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:44:40 -0000

There was a story on NPR--Marketplace, I want to say--where the reporter went into the test kitchen. Evidently, their audience/market is half women.

Re: DCA Update: Guardians Unwrapped

downtownblue — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:00:21 -0000

While I agree with your larger point, one can argue that seeing a 150' tall decrepit hotel from a land where one is supposed to be a bug was not a carefully crafted sightline... The park had many fundamental problems from opening that linger and effect the park today--from the Bugs Life overlay on Bountiful Valley to GotG today.

But yes, your point is well taken.

Re: Kevin Yee: Drinking Around the Magic Kingdom

downtownblue — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:43:13 -0000

Reading some of the comments, it seems that the logical leap of some against alcohol in the parks is that drinking and drunkenness are one and the same. I think there is room for drinking, but not drunkenness. Further, times have changed. The culture around drinking with meals is different--with wine culture, craft cocktails, beer pairings with food. If I were at a sit-down restaurant, I would love to have a drink with my meal. So I think that as of now, there is a nice balance at the MK in meeting today's needs (and increasing revenue) and maintaining a family-friendly park. Once the whale-bone margaritas appear in Fantasyland, I'll grab the pitchforks with you.

Re: Finally! “Experimental” TSA Screening Lane May Speed Up Long Lines

downtownblue — Thu, 26 May 2016 20:23:30 -0000

Except for the penalty bit, they used to have lines at certain airports for families, novices and expert fliers. And everyone in the end thought they were expert fliers, forgetting all sorts of things. Hell, we all forget things. I forgot that little Dasani water bottle you get on DL in my backpack going through PreCheck. I thought Moscow, of all places, was onto something: have different zones when you're disrobing/unpacking. Have couches as a section where people take off shoes and fold up strollers, have another section where people can unpack liquids. It seemed so Disney-esque and civilized.

Re: MiceChat - Disneyland Resort, Features - Huge Disneyland Price Increase or NotMiceChat

downtownblue — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:41:29 -0000

Just as a point of information, Disneyland Paris has done this for quite some time. The disappointment for me was that the price per day only went down $4 for the value days versus up $6 for the regular days--which is a price increase regardless. It would have been better PR to have the price on average to go down for value/regular), and focus the increase on the peak days.

Re: An Ode to the River and Happier Times at Disneyland

downtownblue — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 16:47:43 -0000

Some could argue that Adventureland reflected a dark time for many--an age of American exploration and imperialism and expansion into tropical territories. We wax poetic, and fantasize about the romantic. We draft lore and legends, but for some, underneath the polish, it was also a painful time. Beyond not reflecting America directly, for some, it might even be pained--something we're seeing with the native Hawaiians play out today (in un-Disney related matters).

Re: 7 Great Low-Tech Travel Accessories for $15 or Less

downtownblue — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:14:05 -0000

I've never thought of Oatmeal, but that's a great idea. I actually had a flight recently where my layover went from 1hr to 3 and couldn't stomach oily airport food.

Re: City of Boston tickets Secretary of State John Kerry for failing to shovel

downtownblue — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:05:34 -0000

No, it's Massachusetts. It would be Romneycare.

Re: Delta’s new TV ad. Comments, please

downtownblue — Tue, 13 May 2014 13:34:34 -0000

The ad is actually quite old--Super Bowl 2014 at least.

Re: Delta amenity upgrade + Water on AirTran + New headsets + SkyClub food + New Sky mag + AirTran/Southwest integration update

downtownblue — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:19:14 -0000

The LHR move to Terminal 3 is actually a simple reason--JFK, BOS and Seattle have codeshares with Virgin and passengers might be on Virgin metal, and for JFK and BOS have more O-Ds. ATL, DTW and MSP are likely all on DL metal and perhaps have more transfers with other SkyTeam partners.

Re: The Games Are A Great Party, But Not A Great Investment

downtownblue — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:26:32 -0000

Chicago 2016 had proposed reusing London's temporary seating for their own Olympic stadium. While there were many other questions about Chicago's bid, I'm surprised that idea of reusing infrastructure did not catch on.

Re: Fiat and Chrysler reorganize under a new name

downtownblue — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:43:14 -0000

At least there are regular, non-stop flights between Amsterdam and Metro Airport...

Re: Bye, Bye, BlackBerry: The Company's Ridiculously Quick Demise in 3 Charts

downtownblue — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:26:26 -0000

While I overall agree with the main point of your comment regarding a short-term focus, just as a matter of fact, Blackberry is a Canadian company.

Re: A New HP: So Close, Yet So Far Away

downtownblue — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:00:06 -0000

Sorry @josephkern... Browser didn't refresh to show you had the same thoughts...

Re: A New HP: So Close, Yet So Far Away

downtownblue — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:58:04 -0000

Other than the 13-degrees, I think MIT got to the parallel bars thing first in the tech world... And by got to it, I mean 40 years ago...

Re: Win it: The $500 Lands’ End Canvas Fall Outfit

downtownblue — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:48:51 -0000

LOVE the poplin!

Re: Is Facebook Starting to Remove Geographic Regions?

downtownblue — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:01:56 -0000

Agree, agree, agree... I agree with the whole notion of "if I wanted twitterification, I would sign up for Twitter." For me, the regional networks was still the easiest way to see what friends I have in X city for when I travel. Searching isn't as user friendly and then I get four hundred names with a majority not even in my proper network. Asinine to get rid of something. What's that saying? It's always about adding and not subtracting?

Re: BMD Love Blog

downtownblue — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:07:55 -0000

Redesigned graphics, or even a more attractive presentation, could have been construed by the general public and Congress as a superfluous effort as their concern should be to restructure the company and not their report to Congress.

Re: BMD Love Blog

downtownblue — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:30:47 -0000

Wow, way to choose a day to have your message completely lost in the United States. The message is definitely going to be lost on the biggest shopping day of the year... And how is someone who really wants a 42" TV for naught going to avoid sleeping outside of a big box let alone shopping?

Re: Obama and Biden's Early Architecture Dreams and What That Might Mean - mediabistro.com: UnBeige

downtownblue — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:47:31 -0000

It might happen since Penny Pritzker is close to Obama and is slated to be Commerce Secretary!

Re: BMD Love Blog

downtownblue — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:34:49 -0000

That poor building just can't get a break, can it?