Trip/2022/11/USA

Data Points

• From: November 3rd, 2022
• To: November 14th, 2022
• Flying: American and Alaskan

Schedule

• 11/3 — Fly in (From GIG)
• 11/4 — LAS

  Staying with friends

• 11/7 — PDX

  Staying at my favorite cheap Portland boutique hotel, The Mark Spencer

• 11/10 — BOS (to confirm, otherwise back to LAS)
• 11/14 — Fly back (To GIG)
• 11/15 — Arrival

Selected Packed Items

• Old Macbook 12

  Not doing a lot of coding, mostly roam, emails and some occasional PR review. Update: Traveling with a computer you hate make you use it less.

• Old and crappy second gen ipad min

  For reading, articles and meetings

• iPhone

  Daily Driver: Maps, Messaging and Bank Access. Data plan for US access enabled

• Airpods Pro

  Replacing big ANC headphones for airplanes, music and meeting

• Favorite Scarf

  I got my partner a crown-themed scarf from Iceland, but she never liked it much, so I stole it. I'm taking it with me because it will be chilly

• USB-C Based charging system

  Bringing mostly USBC cables with adapters. Planning on getting this 3-in-1 travel charge with magsafe to organize things

• Clothes

  As always, trying to pack light and just take the essentials. Will wash clothes whenever is needed.

• Shoes

  Flying with my trusty pair of all black Vans Comfycush's Old Skool and ordered the The Derby from Oaka in black for fancy occasions. Let's see

• Update: Really like The Derby
• Quip

  Taking my trusty all black quip pack to brush and floss

Planned Activities

• Meet people
• Rest and read
  • Planning on finish volume I and II of Lady Joker
  • And maybe something random I get at Powell's
  • Update: I finished both Lady Joker volumes and also finished two other books
• Floatation tank

  Update: didn't happened. Oof

• Sleep

  Slept a lot

• Solve some bureaucracy quirks

Planned Purchases

• Updated Airpods Pro
  • It's very easy to sell my current pair in Brazil, so I'm getting the 2.0 version there.
  • Update: got it
• USBC BT Happy Hacking Keyboard Pro
  • I was unlucky with my purchase of an HHKB early this year (I was supposed to get the latest version but got the micro USB one), so I'm going to get the latest one and sell this one.
  • Update: Couldn't get it. Next time

Looking For

• Very comfy PJs

  Update: Find exactly what I wanted, in the form of the Jambys pajamas

• New battery that charge macbooks

  Update: got it — Mophie's Powerstation Pro XL

Bonus

I made a spotify playlist with relevant songs