I’m not at all going to pretend that my career is similar to that of a long-haul trucker. Not for one bit. Beyond the solitary nature of their work, there are the strains of driving for hours and hours at a time. I don’t mind driving – in fact I prefer it to being a…
Source: flickr.com via Denise on Pinterest Last night, I took a great adventure to Brooklyn. I’ve heard great things about this place and hell, there is a Foursquare badge for this grand mystical place. I was meeting up with two friends at Caracas and looking forward to catching up. Little did I know that there…
eggs and candy all over my bed! I love the internet. You know this. I send emails daily, I like to blog casually, I count on Twitter to give me breaking news…. … but I love sending letters. It’s like old fashioned fun. I also love getting mail…. but hey, when you live in a…
Every couple weeks I like to come into NYC early and check out a new site or have dinner with an old friend. There are upsides and downsides to this for sure. Upside? See friend. See new sites. Downside? Leave home much earlier than normal. But upsides clearly outweigh the downsides. This Sunday, I’m going…
I like reliable. I like consistent. No real secrets here. There are many great things about “living” in the Hilton, but one of them is consistency. Every night around 6pm, a lady comes around to each room and turns down the bed. Best part of this? She leaves two little chocolates on the pillow. I…
Back in the fall I got an interesting Delta promotion on flights from Detroit to South America (or something like that). Being a lover of data, I wondered where Delta got off thinking I would ever went to Detroit. Didn’t they have customer metrics on me to indicate that I lived in Boston? They should…
One of the best parts about vacation is being on it – obvious I know. This is actually the view from our hotel room at the Boca Raton Resort. It is excellent for manatee watching – which I did every morning from the desk. One of the worst parts of vacation is transitioning back into…
… get ready. Baby sister is beginning her life as a working professional in March and we decided to celebrate this by burning some of my Hilton points. The plans have changed 6-19 times as hotels have become booked and flights have become more expensive… but its finalized. Thanks to the fact that I on…
I’ve often blogged about the things that make me happy… Kraft Mac & Cheese, Coffee, Tivo, Sun, large bodies of water (this includes giant bathtubs, but not lakes)…. but I don’t think I’ve done a list specific to travelling. Since I travel each week on the Acela to NYC, this seems like a giant oversight……
I have come to the conclusion that I have been very lucky. I rarely have to travel to see family…. Which means that on days like Thanksgiving I have been able to marvel at travel horror stories. To be honest, I sometimes questioned the accuracy of the stories and wondered if perhaps better planning could…
