I was in Atlanta for work this past week and I wanted to go someplace for lunch. I was working in a very modern office that had some free pizza for lunch, but I wanted something healthier and to get out of the office for a little while. Atlanta is not a pedestrian friendly city… Read more »
Nine years ago, I met some of my family at the airport and took to the skies to get to Madison, Wisconsin. The occasion was my aunt Alice’s wedding to Dave Siewert. The wedding was outdoors in the summer. Despite it being one of the hottest days of the year, it was a breezy and… Read more »
Good grief, how did we ever survive planes without cell phones, smart phones, tablets, and laptops? People need to learn to disconnect when they step on board. In case you missed it, today’s big brouhaha is over did whether or not actor Alec Baldwin turned his phone off soon enough to meet with the flight attendant’s… Read more »
Each Thanksgiving, we pause to recognize the things we are truly thankful for. Among my many blessings are my wonderful friends and the fact that each year I get to spend the holiday in Scotland with a small and very important group of them. “Scotland?!” you exclaim. Well, the Thanksgiving traditions with these friends date… Read more »
Since I have somewhat bashed JFK for its lack of signs it’s only fair that Miami gets a shout-out for its ill planning as well. At question here is the new $270 million central Rental Car Center or the RCC. In practice, the center itself is great. Sixteen rental car firms all under one roof…. Read more »
I travel. A lot So why is it that of all the airports in the world (Third World included), the airport that frustrates me most is JFK? Yes, I know it’s old. Yes, I know that when it was first started in 1943 no one could have conceived it would ever become so big and… Read more »
You don’t even have to really say just what you’re referring to. In the months, the weeks and even the days leading up this week, just about everyone I know has given me a recount of where they were ten years ago. Ten years ago – when life as we know it changed. Ten years… Read more »
This week, tickets went on sale allowing direct flights to Havana from Tampa for the first time in 50 years. Those who can take the flights are still restricted to travelers with special permissions, but the flights are seen as a major step towards easing the restrictions which have been in place for a half… Read more »
Most people think summer is the best time to travel. Are they nuts? Kids are out of school, planes are packed, temperatures are hot and tempers are short. Give me fall travel any day. Remember all of those flights you were trying to book this spring or early summer and fares (along with gas prices)… Read more »
It was a weird déjà vu sensation watching the unfolding horrors of the massacre in Norway. This is a country known for peace – the Nobel Peace Prize to be even more specific. But to me, there is another touch of tragedy that coincides with my earliest memories of this beautiful and peaceful country. It… Read more »
