It’s one of those old wives’ tales of the airline industry: on Tuesday nights, airlines release their lower fares and tickets! Book on Wednesday mornings! I never really bought into it, partly because I just didn’t see how it was possible. But last night, we learned this theory was utterly not true. (I only use [...]
Entries from December 2009
December 14, 2009
On My Itinerary: I’m going skiing, somewhere, this winter
Jon took off to Tahoe for the weekend for a friend’s bachelor party. All week, it had been storming snow in the Tahoe/ Reno area, and he flew right into one and managed to hop a free shuttle from Reno to Harrah’s in South Tahoe. From there, someone picked him up to the giant ski [...]
December 9, 2009
Now Boarding: Deals to Paradise
My California friends like to give me grief about moving back East, particularly now that it’s cold, gray and threatening to rain ice so much that Virginia schools closed today for… an otherwise sunny day. ? Nice excuse by the superintendent who probably got some super saver flight to the Caribbean departing today. However, I [...]
December 7, 2009
In the Suitcase: Winter driving
This weekend Jon and I got into a bad accident in his SUV (note: the picture is NOT our accident. Ours really doesn’t look this bad). Fortunately and miraculously, everyone involved walked away unharmed. The Northeast got its first snowfall of the season and with it froze black ice on the I-95. We slipped, swerved and [...]
