I'm up in Boston for the weekend visiting friends and going ice climbing tomorrow.

Today's gunna be checking out a bagel spot I vaguely remember being told is amazing (just saw it on the map and something pinged in my head) and then walking over to their climbing gym. Should be nice.... I just need them to wake up, morning people problems

You should sign up for Panera's Sip Club. $14.99 per month for unlimited drinks. There's always a Panera nearby, and you can choose any drink, not just coffee.

It's a great spot to sit for a couple of hours and work, and I don't feel bad about taking up a spot a locally-owned coffee shop.

I can vouch that they do practice landing Air Force One

A lot of it is service related. They refused to give us a paper menu last year and my MIL has bad eyes and no smart phone, so I had to read her the whole menu from my phone. Hadn't been back since

Long Johns so you don't die. 😆

That's the deceptive thing about RIC... Nine times out of 10, you're going to whisk right through the security.. but then 10% of the time you show up a half hour before your flight and the line for security is inexplicably long.

TBH if I were writing a book about showing up early at Richmond Airport I would have the character recount a story about how they had been burned and so now they just show up 3 hours early and go to Caribou coffee and people watch.

How exciting! What race/class are you playing?

Hopefully they increase your pay accordingly, since you are expected to provide equipment and space for work.

One hump or two?

Also assuming your book is in modern day, the airline apps tend to have tracking on luggage. Your protagonist would know about the baggage much sooner than an hour, maybe before they even arrived in RIC.

Libby Mill Library. You can book small meeting rooms and the library itself has great long spaces. Starbucks nearby too.

I slept til 9 and I’m so happy about it! The kitties didn’t mind and I worked late at my part time gig last night, so I’m really happy for the extra zzz

What does living free or dying have to do with long johns?

Sorry, only good experiences here. As a child I met a question writer from Jeopardy! at baggage claim and she took time to talk with us and answer questions about the show. Now I imagine I'll see her and her custom Jeopardy! luggage everytime I go to baggage claim

I’ve only been a couple of times but I think Hardywood West Creek might be operating an unlicensed childcare center.

I miss sleeping in. I don't think I've properly slept in since 2012. I've also been failing to get more than 6-7 hours of sleep for weeks now and it seems like it will catch up with me eventually!

The SO is taking the boy up to grandma's for the night, so I will have the house to myself. It's gonna be risky business up in here! Except not really because I'm old and risk averse.

I too was awoken much too early by puppy. I'm going to the Pet Expo later, but I'm not sure about taking him like I originally planned since it's going to rain. I don't want to deal with wet dog in the husband's car since mine currently has a broken window motor.

Thanks. Breakers looks great. Might go there tomorrow. “Arsenal bar” is out of question. At least for this season. Haha

The player piano in the hallway to baggage claim is a bit creepy late at night.

Local Newcastle fan here. I'd love to find a good place to watch the cup final.

Whoa, when did they get a Starbucks???

Cell phone hotspot

Thanks. I was at PLP last weekend. They’re hardcore Liverpool fans. Didn’t see any ManUtd posters. But they might show Utd games I guess.

As someone who travels a lot, Richmond is actually a nice and clean regional airport. Most people that fly into Richmond are just going to the Richmond area, or maybe Charlottesville.

I haven't flown into Norfolk, but maybe ask some people about that airport, maybe that's shittier so would lend better to the story of it being a bad experience?

Alternatively, the airports in DC are terrible IMO. Parking is expensive, takes forever to get through security, bags take forever. So I might use one of those airports instead of RIC as the location. Washington DC is about 90 minutes to Richmond and Norfolk is about the same so if I can't get a good flight out of Richmond (often when I fly to the west Coast, it's cheaper overall to fly out of one of the DC airports) and they have nonstop flights. 🤷

Good luck on the book, would love to read it when it's completed.

One gripe that could help your story is the time my bag got lost coming back from a trip.

Recently, it feels like all connecting flights into RIC arrive at midnight.

Due to the late arrival time, it was nearly impossible to track down an airline agent to help me with my list baggage.

I had to go upstairs to the departure desks and knock on a door behind the desks.

The 1am frustration was real.

Basically, the RIC airport is a bit of a ghost town after midnight.