Travel, Cruise

Wow-o-Wow what a weekend! It all started off Friday morning when I woke up to a wonderfully puffy face, itchy eyes, and a layer of mucus that just didn’t want to quit. If our country could produce gasoline in the quantities that my body can produce mucus… we wouldn’t be having this problem with gas […]

Friday’s crane collapse on New York’s Upper East Side was the city’s second deadly crane accident in two months. The incident comes on the heels of similar crane calamities in Miami and Annapolis, Maryland.
Today Slate’s Explainer feature delves into all of this crane collapse madness asking “Why Do Cranes Fall Down?.” Slate says an average […]

There’s great hope for agoraphobic water slide enthusiasts this summer at Silver Mountain in Kellogg, Idaho. The Silver Rapids indoor water park has thrills for everyone from toddlers to those taller than 42″ inches that want to get their butts handed to them via the FlowRider, an artificial wave that moves at 35 mph.
We like […]

For some reason, Gadling thinks an awesome alternative to high-priced road trips this summer is to tool around via Google Street View. We’d never trade in our rental car keys for a laptop, but it’s true you can see a lot of the country thanks to the search giant. Except for one little neighborhood, that […]

File under “want but can’t afford” - cashmere travel jammies. No, really. On Trusty Pony.
Funny because we had exactly this conversation on our trip to Asia:
My girlfriends all want to know: How many pairs of underwear am I taking on our around-the-world journey?

On The Wide Wide World. My answer for long term? Five […]

   “I usually fly 4 to 6 times each year for pleasure. I have not flown at all this year and don’t plan to do so.”“Our airline system is a mess.”
Last week we asked you the question, “Have you ever nixed your travel plans because the prospect of flying was too much of an annoyance?”  Well, […]

The folks with the fresh baked cookies (on some flights) are having a sneak sale as of Saturday May 31.
Not only are the fares good, but there’s just a one-day advance purchase. As is the case with many of the lowest fares these days, there’s a minimum stay requirement. You can leave on Sunday (tomorrow) […]