Travel, Cruise

the shaman who gave us his blessing repeated, again and again, "for health, for wealth, for mind, for heart, for the next generation…". he said, "you must stay together always" and he beat his man-made bird’s wing on our bodies, blew resin smoke in our faces, shoved mats of lemongrass under our feet, and in […]

 
Summer is practically upon us!  Ahh… nice warm (or downright hot) weather, summer BBQ’s , family get-togethers, vacations…
Speaking of vacations, we thought we might give you a little fair warning.
During our extensive daily searches of 1000’s of airline fares, we discovered that in a high percentage of cases, flights were sold out from the beginning […]

The same day United said it would charge for checked bags, US Airways has officially announced it will do the same. As on American and United, the new fee doesn’t apply to every passenger, but the details are complex enough that it’s easier to just assume a checked bag will cost you.
Of course, the airline […]

Maybe it’s the heat that’s been gripping NYC or maybe everyone in New York is just that into public art, but Gotham blogs are going crazy over the soon-to-be-fully-operational waterfalls of artist Olafur Eliasson.
This snapshot from Curbed shows one of the cascades doing a test run in preparation for the exhibit’s debut on June 26. […]

The US House of Representatives has just passed a $14.9 billion bill to finance Amtrak for the next five years. It also includes a provision for another $1.5 billion of federal money for the Washington, DC Metro.
Though President Bush says he won’t sign the measure, the bill passed with a big enough majority that the […]

Do balled-up socks fit best in your underarms, or should you just do the whole swallow-it-in-a-balloon trick like you saw on Cops? Well, you may soon be inclined to find out, gentle traveler. Both United and US Airways have announced plans to charge $15 for first checked bags. And really, the only thing shocking here […]

I had a dream once, I remember it quite well. I was living on barge with my sweetheart. It’s what we did for a living - he was a river barge captain, we delivered freight via the canals of Europe. It’s funny that my subconscious should settle me with so much contentment on a boat […]

Forgot to post this yesterday… 
O-M-G! I thought last weekend was crazy, well this weekend was even crazier!! Let me try and explain it to you in the shortest version possible. This works best if you try and imagine me saying this in one long sentence without taking a breath…
*deep breath in* Ready?
We […]

We’ve spent the last few days touring around Upstate New York, investigating some of our old favorites and finding new places to add to our Upstate Travel Map. It’s been going pretty well!
We hope to bring you more on the region later this summer, but in the meantime, here are some wineries that we’ve enjoyed […]

If this video whets your appetite to take a short leap off a tall object, you’re probably not as afraid of heights as we are. Base jumpers leap from buildings, antennae, spans and earth with special suits, parachutes at the ready but unopened.
There are plenty of videos of jumps gone awry on YouTube, but the […]