Halfway Home: Overnighting in San Francisco

iPad mini, f/2.4 at an effective 33mm — 1/730 sec, f/2.4, ISO 32 —
map & image data — nearby photos

Easing In

United 870 from Sydney arriving a few minutes early

at San Francisco International Airport, Gate 100B

My week of trying to return home to Kyoto, most recently covered in “To No One’s
Surprise, United Blames My Non-Weather Cancellations on Weather”, is
finally going well. I took a smooth, on-time flight on United from
Cleveland to San Francisco last night, and overnighted at The Dylan at SFO...

iPhone 4S — map & image data — nearby photos

The Dylan at SFO room 217

(The photo above is just a snap with WhatsApp on my cell phone that I sent
to Fumie to let her know that I'd arrived this far safely.)

I can highly recommend The Dylan with one caveat. It's close to the
airport, clean, nicely appointed for its ~$100 price, across the street
from a huge grocery store (Lucky) and multiple large general/drug stores
(CVS and Walgreens), with lots of dining within walking distance. The included breakfast is also pretty nice by free-breakfast standards. The staff was also friendly, and even loaned me an iPhone charging cable when I
realized that I'd left all that stuff at my folks' house.

The one caveat is that road/plane noise is pretty apparent, though it
didn't bother me because I leave a “white noise” mp3 on loop all night when
I stay at a hotel.

SFO Free Wifi Hint — if you try to use the “#SFO Free Wifi”
hotspot at the airport, if your device doesn't automatically send you to
http://flysfo.com/ so that you can click the “agree” button to get
access, you have to go there manually. My iPad and iPhone did it
automatically, but I had to do it by hand with my laptop.

iPad mini 3.3mm f/2.4 at an effective 33mm — 1/750 sec, f/2.4, ISO 32 —
map & image data — nearby photos

Finally Heading Home

( though not on this plane )

San Francisco International Airport