{"id":1945,"date":"2013-12-01T00:36:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T05:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2013-12-01T00:36:07","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T05:36:07","slug":"nyc-thanksgiving-first-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2013\/12\/01\/nyc-thanksgiving-first-class\/","title":{"rendered":"First Class NYC Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2012.12.01.a\"<\/a>\"2012.12.01.b\"<\/a>With all the traveling I’ve endured over the past few months, I was relieved to learn that I’ve at least earned silver medallion status on Delta<\/a>. So with my free upgrades, I was able to fly back to NYC in first-class comfort to spend Thanksgiving with my family and friends. I avoided holiday travel anguish with an early morning flight on Thursday which landed in time for a dim sum brunch<\/a> with my parents. A visit to my aunt gave me the chance to catch up with her family and alleviate some anxiety about her upcoming cataract surgery. After an afternoon nap, we feasted on a dinner<\/a> of shark fin soup, conch with scallops, salty-spicy lobster, steamed fish, and pea pod stems to celebrate dad’s 70th birthday. I spent most of Friday catching up on sleep, awaking briefly for some homemade comfort food. This energized me for a full day hanging out with my college friends and their swarm of children buzzing around at the Museum of Natural History<\/a>, followed by a stroll through East Village with my high school friend. Here, the crowds at Ippudo<\/a> diverted us to the less busy Ramen Setagaya<\/a>, where the gyolo ramen’s broad, flat springy noodles helped carry the savory, if a bit garlicky broth. At ChikaLicious<\/a>, the prix fixe menu of amuse bouche, petite fours, and a main dessert of toasted almond cake complemented the meal nicely, but barely justified the $16 price tag. Fortunately, I filled up that evening on banquet-style Chinese seafood<\/a> with a bunch of old family friends from some 25 years ago. The meal sent me straight into a food coma on my morning flight back and much of Sunday afternoon. Overall, the trip was relaxing, but unfortunately did not reset my sleep schedule as I had hoped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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