A Whole Lot of FAIL at SeaTac…

So it looks like I just made it to SeaTac before they shut down the roads to the airport. Otherwise, I would have been on the receiving end of FAIL too.

The Starbucks FAIL…

The only thing that is open in the wee hours of the night is Starbucks. They are supposed to be open 24/7, but are actually closed for two hours (between 12-2AM). With nothing else open, the line ups were huge, but I’m sure no one knew that they do actually shut down, despite being advertised as 24/7. I’m sure the people way at the end of the line would have liked to have known this. It was a long Mofo of a line.

A lot of people stood in this EPIC line for nothing as Starbucks was completely sold out of everything (except the day old danishes). How can you open 24/7 (or rather, 22/7) and not be stocked with things to sell?

Airline FAIL…

Of all the airlines on the board, the airline that sounds like they would most likely to be able fly in the snow was Alaska Airlines. Unfortunately, Alaska Airlines, cancelled all their flights. This picture is actually old as another pass showed that they were all grounded coming into SeaTac. Sure, other airlines cancelled some flights too, but with a name like Alaska, I’d expect WIN in the snow and not FAIL.

As a result, all these people were screwed. They are all lined up for standby and rebooking. Most of them were still there this morning, huddled under chairs and sleeping on their luggage in the hopes of being one of the first people to be rescheduled for a flight. Also FAIL was the fact that there is no free WiFi. I paid $7.95 for 24 hr access and it is just barely faster than a phone line. That video I uploaded took like two hours!

I Made It To SeaTac Airport in a Frickin’ Blizzard

I’ll let the video do the talking…

The video was done using the built in FlipShare video app on the Flip Mino HD which I will be thoroughly thrashing in Mexico. The software isn’t bad and allows you to do quicky and dirty edits and uploads. However, it lacks a lot of basic things, including a way to reduce the size of the font.

Hopefully if this Interweb connection stays stable, I can continue blogging from the airport till my flight leaves. The conditions are still pretty bad right now and I know that a lot of planes have been diverted to Spokane due to the weather. The planes are just sitting on the tarmac, waiting to take off to SeaTac and some of the planes can’t land, so they are just circling the runway. The passengers are just sitting in the planes waiting. That’s gotta suck. 

Hopefully my flight is able to land (currently ON-TIME) and we can take off as soon as possible. In case I do end up becoming “Interweb Impaired”, I’d like to wish you all a Happy Holiday…in advance

Dot Com Kitchen – Battle Tomatoes

I was trying to figure out what to do with an overabundance of tomatoes in the fridge and Roasted Garlic and Tomato Soup sounded like a good idea.

First we roast our garlic and tomatoes with olive oil, fresh cracked pepper and a bit of salt. This smelled so good.

While the tomatoes are roasting away, we prepare our trinity of vegetables which reside in most soups which consists of diced carrots, onions and celery. Cooked until soft in a bit of olive oil.

After a good roasting we toss the roasted tomatoes and garlic into the pot along with some homemade chicken stock that I prepared and froze earlier in the month.

After a bit of simmering, we add in our herbs which consists of fresh basil and a little bit of oregano.

We wait for some more simmering action and then reach for the hand blender to get everything nicely blended together. You can transfer the mixture to a blender for a smoother consistency, but I like a slightly chunkier soup myself.

Finally, you finish off the soup with heavy cream, or in this case, I used a couple dabs of sour cream.

So that’s what homemade roasted garlic and tomato soup looks like. Different than in the can huh? This goes absolutely awesome with grill cheese sandwhiches. I would say almost better than Cream of Mushroom soup. Believe it or not, no Bison was harmed in the making of this soup and it makes an excellent meal for bodily recovery after a Jumbo Mixed Grill. Bon Appetit!