Despite a delayed and shaky rollout, Boeing’s 787-8 Dreamliner is gaining in sales and popularity. Boeing just unveiled a larger version of the plane, the 787-9 Dreamliner, which is capable of holding 280 passengers, 40 more than the current…
With the World Cup only 2 months away, it seems Sao Paulo won’t complete renovations to its airports in time to greet the hundreds of thousands of fans that will be arriving soon. Too soon to know all the fallout of this… More on that…
Cannes: The first things that come to mind are, for most people, the film festival with outrageous costumes and gala receptions, or the rows and rows of rich folks’ yachts. But there’s more.
April 8, 2014 In the shower today, my best thinking place, I thought about the first moment I can recall when the idea occurred to me that I could travel to faraway places, if I chose to. My family lived near the top of the hill in…
It is, apparently, Pizza Week, and Zagat is celebrating by directing us to the best. ’50 States, 50 Pizzas’ is the title of Zagat’s online guide to the best pizzas in the US. Click here “… to find truly standout pies in…
According to a study released recently by Hotels.com, complementary breakfast has overtaken the free WiFi that topped last year’s study…but connectivity is still way up on the list. Click HERE to see the in-room list and the hotel-wide list.
Nearly 200 years ago, New York and Brooklyn, then separate cities and the greatest shipping centers on the East Coast, saw the land along the rivers—Hudson and East—begin to fill with docks, piers, warehouses and freight traffic….
I’ve previously written about my visits with Sir Arthur C. Clarke on this blog, a highlight in my travel life. Arthur had a beach villa in Hikkaduwa near the southwestern corner of Sri Lanka, just north of Galle. It was…
Gumbo was visiting the Hoover Dam , previously also called “Boulder Dam “. This dam is a magnificent feature of engineering! Built in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, it bridges two states, Arizona and Nevada….
Despite a delayed and shaky rollout, Boeing’s 787-8 Dreamliner is gaining in sales and popularity. Boeing just unveiled a larger version of the plane, the 787-9 Dreamliner, which is capable of holding 280 passengers, 40 more than the current…
With the World Cup only 2 months away, it seems Sao Paulo won’t complete renovations to its airports in time to greet the hundreds of thousands of fans that will be arriving soon. Too soon to know all the fallout of this… More on that…
Cannes: The first things that come to mind are, for most people, the film festival with outrageous costumes and gala receptions, or the rows and rows of rich folks’ yachts. But there’s more.
April 8, 2014 In the shower today, my best thinking place, I thought about the first moment I can recall when the idea occurred to me that I could travel to faraway places, if I chose to. My family lived near the top of the hill in…
It is, apparently, Pizza Week, and Zagat is celebrating by directing us to the best. ’50 States, 50 Pizzas’ is the title of Zagat’s online guide to the best pizzas in the US. Click here “… to find truly standout pies in…
According to a study released recently by Hotels.com, complementary breakfast has overtaken the free WiFi that topped last year’s study…but connectivity is still way up on the list. Click HERE to see the in-room list and the hotel-wide list.
Nearly 200 years ago, New York and Brooklyn, then separate cities and the greatest shipping centers on the East Coast, saw the land along the rivers—Hudson and East—begin to fill with docks, piers, warehouses and freight traffic….
I’ve previously written about my visits with Sir Arthur C. Clarke on this blog, a highlight in my travel life. Arthur had a beach villa in Hikkaduwa near the southwestern corner of Sri Lanka, just north of Galle. It was…
Gumbo was visiting the Hoover Dam , previously also called “Boulder Dam “. This dam is a magnificent feature of engineering! Built in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, it bridges two states, Arizona and Nevada….