Disaster averted (I hope)

Remember I said that United's website wasn't showing the legs on partner airlines? Well, it turns out that there is a glitch. They have had several incidents of partners canceling confirmed reservations. It's a good thing I checked and called them or I'd have been in serious trouble in a few weeks.

I think I've gotten things straightened out, though I have to call them again to make sure they actually reissued the ticket.

I am more and more convinced that:

1) airline re-regulation is sorely needed. (And, yes, I know that will raise ticket prices.)

2) I should use up all of my miles as soon as possible. While I still can.

Labor Daze

I went to my first fringe show tonight. I know Rivka Willick from some storytelling conferences and her show "Labor Daze" was at the Goethe Institute. Essentially, she took several stories about birth and used (recorded) lullabies to weave them together. I'd heard her tell one of those stories ("Unwanted Wedding Gift") before, but the others were entirely unfamiliar. The most powerful was "Bound for Greatness" which had to do with slavery. It included a description of a doctor who bought a slave women with a vaginal fistula, which he reopened repeatedly so he could demonstrate his technique for closing it. Truly horrifying stuff there.

It was an interesting show and worth seeing. I hope she gets more people for the rest of her run, as I was her sole audience member tonight.

Nando's

Just in case anybody else out there is a fan of South African fast food, the very first Nando's in the U.S. has finally opened. It's on 7th Street, right across from the Goethe Institute (and a block from the Gallery Place metro). I am glad to say that it is just like South Africa, too.

Well, except for the prices, but such is life.