Recent content by acraven

@TanithandBenFan, since you didn't receive the inquiry, why don't you send your hotel info here and mention your FOFS membership: [email protected]

Thank you, Richard. It's very helpful to have a local's perspective. Now let's hope for decent walking weather.

Today I received an email from USFS, announcing sale of tickets for the junior and novice events. Key info is as follows: "Day passes for all junior and novice events at the 2026 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships are now on sale! The U.S. Championships will take the ice Jan. 4-11 with...

According to this Variety article, NBC plans to reintroduce NBCSN (NBC Sports Network): https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/nbc-revives-sports-network-youtube-tv-launch-peacock-1236580775/. I have no idea what impact it will have on figure skating coverage for Nationals and afterward.

I think last year Peacock had all competitors in all the junior and senior events available on replay, but only very briefly. Since I'm at Nationals, I don't know what goes on with the live broadcasts. Sometimes the list of video replays includes an NBC broadcast (typically packaging the top...

Chock and Bates skipped the exhibition at Cup of China, didn't they? I assume one of them was ill or injured.

The shuttle price should be for both days; there's no indication it's a daily rate. No clue about the pick-up point(s).

I have no experience with Uber fares and almost never take taxis, but the distance from my hotel in St. Louis (the Drury Inn at Union Station) to the Centene Community Ice Center is 21.8 miles by the shortest route. I think that would have to be a very expensive Uber or taxi fare. Edited to...

You aren't the only one.

Please forgive the off-topic post, but I think this may be the best way to get this information to US folks attending Worlds in Boston who are also holding tickets to the 2026 Nationals in St. Louis. It turns out only the senior events will be competed in St. Louis. The junior events are being...

It now turns out that only the senior events will be in S Louis; the junior events will be 20-25 miles away at the Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights. If USFS doesn't provide transportation, those of us planning to attend the entire event will have to rent cars (and pay to park...

I enjoyed several items from Flour, a local bakery/cafe chain, on an earlier skating trip to Boston. There are quite a few branches scattered around the city.. I haven't had any Flour sweets on this trip, but I asked about gluten-free things today when I bought a sandwich. These are the items...

That might require rescheduling the women's SP warmup as well. It's scheduled to begin at 8 AM at the practice rink, but I'm guessing there's supposed to be a certain amount of time between the warmup and the event. That's aside from the impact on people flying in on Wednesday morning and...

I've had some similar experiences in Europe since 2022--I think especially in chain hotels. It's not only in the US that hotels are cutting back.

I haven't stayed in the Premier Inn in Sheffield, but I've stayed at quite a few PI's stretching from downtown London and Heathrow up to Dundee, Scotland. They've all been fine. The large beds are very comfortable. If the hotel offers a twin-bedded room and you book that, they'll make up the...