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Visited Chicago for my niece's wedding. Rather than rent a car, I chose to Uber about. Very fast, these Windy City drivers, and I saved myself a lot of headaches, especially since Virgin America delayed my flight for three hours, depositing me in Chicago around 2:30 AM. But an eager Uber wheel man saw me safely to my hotel.
Great moment with one Uber driver on the way out of town. I told him to drop me at Terminal 3, Alaska Airlines. For some reason, he believed I was traveling to Alaska, or else, that Alaska Airlines only made trips to and from our 49th state. He was curious about life in the far north. An attempt to explain that I was returning to Los Angeles, my home, went nowhere. He'd decided I was a true Son of the Tundra, perhaps being coy. Since I'd been to Alaska, I played along and spoke about Fairbanks and Juneau and glaciers and Devil's Club.
He wanted to know if extreme cold harmed partying. I told him there was always a night life. (My instincts tell me this is true.)
We parted on good terms.
Am I writing? Yes. Let's leave it at that and not jinx matters. I'm on Ch. 5 of something that started out as a paranormal comedy and now veers into mystery. Fine. All I require is a first draft. All genre questions will be sorted out at that time.
2 comments:
That's interesting. *Uber' I mean. What are the costs like, compared to regular cabs?
Glad to hear you're (sshhhh) back 2 ...doing that stuff you don't want to admit to, for fear of being jinxed. Just don't think about doing it while you're doing it, and maybe nothing will stump you.
Uber costs depend on demand, so there may times when a cab is cheaper. But so far, I've found them less expensive.
I'm doing that thing you said.
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