5 Great Food Sourcing Experiences
To cultivate a little appreciation for food sourcing, you’ll have to get your hands dirty. Start with one of these trips where you can navigate the coast, chase bird dogs, work a farm, or dig for earthy treasures. TRAWL FOR SHRIMP IN BRUNSWICK, GA Once the shrimp capital of the world, South Georgia’s moss-draped coast … Read more
Get Your Drink On
I had fun researching this story for The Daily Meal. Here are my picks for the top 6 drinking tours in the U.S.
Battle over PEDs
I have an admission – sometimes I call out fellow passengers for breaking the rules. Maybe it’s the former flight attendant in me, or maybe I’m just a rule-follower or a chicken shit, but there is no way I’m going to let someone endanger my life just so I can be a good neighbor. Of … Read more
Three-Minute Fiction
As a huge fan of NPR (radio doesn’t get better than WHYY), I was thrilled to have my short story read on-air and posted online by the judges of All Things Considered’s writing contest. There are so many fantastic stories this round that I am truly honored to be in such great company.
When Working at Home Doesn’t Mean Home
Although I had plenty of work to do, I jumped at a last minute trip to Puerto Rico. My husband was sent there to support President Obama’s trip to South America, and thanks to spring break, all rooms in San Juan were full. Lucky for him, that meant a stay at a nice resort on … Read more
Las Vegas Airline for High Rollers a Bluff
Reporters across the country – from CNN to USA Today to the Associated Press – are regurgitating news about LV Air, a full-frill carrier set to launch in August. With an innovative sponsorship model, low labor-costs, and a built-in cache of wealthy clientele, this start-up would be a fantastic story – if it were true. … Read more
Bye Bye UA Tulip
The new livery just breaks my heart. I’m not saying it’s a bad business decision, but I’m feeling mighty nostalgic about my days at United.
Attention Mileage Runners
Though strikingly bare bones in design, a new search site called MileageBrain.com will help you find the cheapest route to reaching your goal. Just enter a departure airport, an airline or alliance, and a CPM (under five cents, under 10 cents or under 15 cents), and wait for it to cough up a suggested itinerary … Read more
PC or Publicity Stunt?
A new Thai airline called P.C. Air is making headlines by hiring transgender flight attendants. The CEO claims that by recruiting ladyboys, they’re promoting equal opportunity. Sounds progressive. But the airline’s hiring qualifications throw this benevolent motive into question – to be considered, flight attendants must be no older than 27 years old. Might this … Read more
$49 Fares
>A new low-cost carrier – Vision Airlines – is entering the fray with dirt-cheap flights in and out of Florida. Great deals or not, I’m stuck on their name. I can’t help but think of Anita Shreve’s The Pilot’s Wife, which centers on the explosion of a fictional trans-Atlantic Vision Airways flight.
