May 25, 2008 at 11:02 pm · Filed under Flying, Knowing
The outlets in Hong Kong are Type G, and run at 220V. Laptop adapters these days should all be voltage agnostic, but just don’t try plugging your old electric razors into these …
Another word of advice, for those of you bored by long flights and vexed by short battery life. Check SeatGuru to determine which seats on your aircraft have EmPower outlets. You can purchase EmPower adapters for your laptops that will let you run AC power throughout your flight, allowing you to plow through the latest season of LOST or The Wire without losing juice.
May 24, 2008 at 12:20 pm · Filed under Flying, General, Sleeping
So by now you all should have received your Save-the-Date Card via the postal service. Only a few months late, but whatevs. Just as long as you receive the actual invites before the wedding itself, we should be copacetic. 
While we must apologize for the delay in recent posts, we would also like this opportunity to relay to you some evolving, and in some cases resolving (no, for real!), behind-the-scenes FinkelChang developments.
Event Schedule.
The schedule of official/non-official events has not changed since we last wrote about it. We’ve made a block reservation at a restaurant in Kowloon for New Year’s Eve for those of you in town by then. Afterwards, we can goof off in the city somewhere, or retire back to the hotel and, uh, play Scrabble. On January 2nd we’re hosting a dim sum (when in Rome …) on Hong Kong island. And beginning around 3pm on the 3rd, the ceremony, complete with a Chuppah! Get ready for a big belly-busting Chinese banquet that evening, and some disco-dancing courtesy of our dynamic guest DJ/VJ duo. Bring it.
Hotels.
Our intention is for everyone to stay on the Kowloon (peninsula) side, rather than the Hong Kong (island). Accordingly, we have been working to secure a bloc of rooms at a few hotels in the area. Stay tuned; more news soon.
Flights.
In a word, generate your itinerary and GET YOUR TICKETS SOON. Spring/summer is a good time to get reasonably priced tix – prices start rising towards the end of summer and creep on up until the holidays. A cursory search on kayak.com for the dates December 30 - January 5 reveals the following results:
NYC
• nonstop: $1282
• 1 stop: $1179
• 2 stop: $1285
Boston
• 1 stop: $1159
• 2 stop: $1166
DC
• 1 stop: $1267
• 2 stop: $1286
Chicago
• nonstop: $1518
• 1 stop: $1339
• 2 stop: $1682
Houston
• 1 stop: $1360
• 2 stop: $1437
Seattle
• nonstop
• 1 stop: $1067
• 2 stop: $1175
SF
• nonstop: $1191
• 1 stop: $1069
• 2 stop: $1175
LA
• nonstop: $1202
• 1 stop: $931
• 2 stop: $1068
London
• nonstop: $2590
• 1 stop: $1050
• 2 stop: $2066
Paris
• nonstop: $1441
• 1 stop: $1142
• 2 stop: $1224
Hope everyone is having a terrific Memorial Day Weekend, and more from us soon!
