World Cup and crossing the pond
When I booked our vacation trip to Scotland this summer I wasn’t paying too much attention to the FIFA World Cup schedule. And even if...
Trip Reports
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Great day at the Red Bull Air Races in NYC
Yes, it was ridiculously hot outside. Yes, it was hazy. Yes, the smoke given off by the planes racing obscured the view a bit. But...
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The Sydney Opera House on a bad LSD trip
As my day of beach visits in Sydney wrapped up on Saturday afternoon I headed back in to the Circular Quay area and up towards...
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A blustery Bondi Beach
Sure, it was winter time in Australia while I was visiting but apparently my visit brought (or at least coincided with) the first warm, sunny...
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I brought the sunshine to Sydney
Apparently the weather immediately prior to my arrival in Sydney last Saturday morning was miserable. Several weeks of gray skies and rain. It was bad...
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Karma’s a bitch, and so was this passenger
Apparently the weather in New York City was pretty bad today, or close enough that lots of flights were delayed, including mine into Newark. It...
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Delayed for an on-time arrival
It is not often that folks have reason to be happy about delayed flights. But anyone complaining about the initially posted 15 minute delay on...
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A weekend jaunt to Sydney
Yes, I will be spending more time flying round trip than I will on the ground in Sydney. Yes, I plan to have a ton...
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Walking the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia
One of the nice things about out-of-town weddings is that they are a great excuse to see a city. Sure, there is a schedule to...
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Flight number one on flight number 1
Thanks to the crazy 10th birthday sale that JetBlue offered yesterday I’m out flying today. I managed to schedule three segments, all three on routes...