Travel, Cruise

We’re still picking our jaws up off the floor at the latest University of New Orleans poll that shows more than half of respondents think the city is one of the nation’s most dangerous. The same survey says a third of people think the French Quarter was one of the hardest hit areas during Katrina, […]

We just happened to be getting the Early Bird special at Katsuya in Brentwood last night when we saw Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag casually walk in.
Spencer was wearing jeans with some embellishment on the back pockets, a black hooded sweatshirt and some bling. We confess he looked better than we thought he would. (Oh […]

We’ve seen Skybus advertise everything from insurance to credit cards. But the latest deal for the super-low cost carrier has flight attendants praising a small Ohio town. Upon landing in Columbus, passengers hear an announcement with baggage claim info, the local time–and a pitch on what makes Canal Winchester so great.
The village of 5,500 is […]

With around a week to go until Christmas hits New York, the city’s packed with tourists and shoppers to take it all in. Sometimes we revel in all the action–catching a cute proposal on the ice rink at Rock Center was pretty heartwarming!–and sometimes it makes us want to pull our hair out. (Tourists randomly […]

From now through January 31, 2008, Continental Airlines OnePass members can earn 9,999 miles when renting a car at Budget for five consecutive days or more. This offer is valid on all car groups at any participating Budget airport location in the US. Be sure to enter U072506 in the "Discount Code" (BCD) box when […]

We can’t explain our addiction to the Bruno the Bear story last summer, when brown bear Bruno led a media circus through southern Germany before he was shot dead. He’s now ready to stand proud in a Munich museum.
The weird thing is that we are obviously not alone with our Bruno-mania. It was just announced […]

Speaking of cruises, sounds like starting a mutiny is the new calling customer service. New York Times writer Joe Sharkey is tracking the “trend” of organized passenger resistance after a recent Sapphire Princess cruise that had to skip many of its scheduled stops when typhoons whipped up seas.
Passengers angry with the unplanned diversions started cooking […]

Virgin America is adding Seattle to their quickly expanding route map.  Effective March 18, 2008, they will begin nonstop service to Seattle from San Francisco.  In short order, on April 8, nonstop service commences from Los Angeles to Seattle as well.  For a limited time, tickets will be offered at  low introductory fares.  Fares will […]

We can’t usually think much beyond midnight on December 31 but it seems that if you’re in London as 2008 arrives, you should be aiming to keep yourself fit enough to enjoy the New Year’s Day Parade on January 1.
Running for over twenty years and now featuring 10,000 performers, the organizers say it’s the biggest […]

Food and Christmas seem to go hand in hand–it’s the season to eat, drink and be merry, after all. It was only a matter of time, then, that a Slow Food Market made its way to London, in the capital for the first time this year.
From December 20 to 23, the festival comes to Southbank […]