My very, VERY lucky sister-in-law has been granted permission to join one of the many Israel birthright trips that whisks her and a group of other young adults overseas to the mystical land of Israel, for the grand total of – $0! (My other sister-in-law is on the waiting list, and sis #1 won’t go [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 26, 2009
Wanderings: United Airlines’ impressive customer service
An American airline + customer service? It’s almost an oxymoron these days. However, United Airlines managed to impress me enough to keep me subdued through our recent 3+hour delay due to maintenance issues last Wednesday at Dulles Airport. Wednesday evening, around 5:30pm. We were already on the runway preparing to take off and then – [...]
October 20, 2009
On My Itinerary: Los Angeles!
It was about time I gave tribute to my former home, one that fulfilled the California Dream so many have and so few bother to pursue. Believe me, picking up and moving to California was a great and excellent decision. Los Angeles gets a bad rap from Northeasterners, many of whom actually have never even [...]
October 14, 2009
In The Suitcase: Car rentals
It’s actually been an entire year since I’ve been back to my beloved Los Angeles, and even longer for Jon. Now when I go back, I like being super touristy and renting a convertible to cruise around in, even though I was fairly anti-convertible when I lived there. Mostly because my HR told me stories about [...]
October 11, 2009
Now Boarding: $10 Airline holiday surcharges
Well, looky at what the airlines of the United States are doing NOW. For flights around 13 different holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, they’re charging passengers a “surcharge” of $10 on top of the regular fare. Sure, it’s just $10, but on top of the $15 baggage check-in fee, the buy-our-crappy-in-flight-sandwiches offerings and paying for [...]
October 6, 2009
On My Itinerary: Old Rag Mountain, VA
Above: Old Rag Mountain Summit at sunrise. For my upcoming birthday this weekend, as I stumble well into my 30′s, we’ll be proving that I can still be as awesome as I was in my 20′s and hiking up one of the most popular climbs in the mid-Atlantic region. Otherwise known as Old Rag, which [...]
October 1, 2009
Chomping Around Town: Ciya Sofrasi (Istanbul)
**My Travel Hats is featuring its own Restaurant Week, in which a not-to-miss restaurant from around the world is showcased each day.** There’s an astronomical clock tower in Prague where statues of the Four Evils hang out: Greed, Death, Vanity and the Turk. I suppose back in the day, the Turks and their Empire weren’t terribly [...]
