{"id":498,"date":"2005-03-26T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-26T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=498"},"modified":"2005-12-09T10:02:02","modified_gmt":"2005-12-09T15:02:02","slug":"explosive-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/explosive-shells","title":{"rendered":"Explosive Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"

Made it into Des Allemands, LA<\/a> last night. Had the pleasant surprise, after checking in at Continental, to find that my seat had been upgraded to first class. I hadn’t flown first class since 1990, so this rocked the house.<\/p>\n

The official VM girlfriend was unhappy about having to sit in row 29, squeezed between two fat passengers, but I’m sure she was assuaged by the in-flight movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After we got in, her family took us to Drago’s<\/a>, where I got to experience some famous char-broiled oysters<\/a>. Her dad said he tried to use their recipe at home, but the grill wouldn’t get as hot as they keep it at the restaurant.<\/p>\n

“Also, some of the oyster-shells would explode.”<\/p>\n

Off to New Orleans today. It was about 78 degrees with 245% humidity at 8am, but it’s better than ice and snow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Made it into Des Allemands, LA last night. Had the pleasant surprise, after checking in at Continental, to find that my seat had been upgraded to first class. I hadn’t flown first class since 1990, so this rocked the house. The official VM girlfriend was unhappy about having to sit in row 29, squeezed between … <\/p>\n

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