After yesterday’s comic misadventures in travel, today was an easy, perfect day in paradise. We’re not a big couple for grand gestures and super-elaborate plans; we’re more in the “play it by ear” mode of operations. But David had tucked a Valentine’s Day card in his bag and this morning he made coffee and brought me “breakfast in bed.” Okay, so it was a breakfast bar, because we got in so late last night we didn’t want to take the time to go to the grocery store to stock up. We woke up relatively late for the first morning…
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Somewhere Over The Pacific I always wanted to start of with an evocative dateline, full of the mystery and intrigue of travel. However, this trip is starting ought to be one of slapstick and misdirection. Several months ago, when planning this trip, I booked us on connecting flights Chicago-Maui, because the nonstops were about $1300 each and connections on American via Dallas were about $900 or so. I didn’t want the early set of connecting flights because the time in Dallas was too short; also the fare was lower. Who knew Texas, and indeed 49 out of 50 states would…
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BA started business-class-only flights from JFK to London City Airport yesterday. Inflight Internet access, full-recline seats, aimed at a niche market of go-bag executives. As in “It’s called a go bag because I keep it in the trunk of my car (NCIS)” Club World London City – British Airways Club World London City is our Business Class only service, with just 32 seats on board, flying between London City and New York JFK. Your entire journey has been designed to minimise airport travel time and check-in times whilst maximizing your productivity on board with OnAir capability allowing you to send…
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About an hour ago I booked a tentative reservation at HawaiiConnection.com. Within 5 minutes of submitting, res manager Ed called me to say the email was on its way. WOW. Service! Hawaii Connection Thank you for visiting the Hawaii Connection web site. Our company was founded in 1978 and 2009 celebrates our 31st year in business. We represent more than 125 condominiums and hotels on the four major Islands in Hawaii of Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii. Our website utilizes advanced pricing technology so that you will always receive the best rate, promotions and offers available.…
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We naive Americans apparently think that’s what they’re for, according to London’s deputy mayor. BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Sex card challenge to phone firms Kit Malthouse, London’s deputy mayor for policing, wants the numbers on sex calling cards found in telephone boxes blocked as soon as they are identified. He said mobile phone numbers were valuable to those behind the sex industry and should be cut off. The deputy mayor has invited Vodafone, Orange, O2, 3, Virgin and T-Mobile to meet him. Mr Malthouse said: “If you are an American tourist and if you walk…
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The drawbridge across the Seattle Ship Canal in my old neighborhood now has an artist in residence, who’s blogging her experience at the Bridge Report. I used to live a few blocks northeast of the Fremont Bridge and experienced it as a car and bus passenger, on foot, and on my bike.
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Here are some of the photos I took on our recent trip to Seattle for the Folk Life festival… there’s not really a narrative, but I wanted to give an idea of the color and sheer energy that goes on there. We had arrived very late the night before, due to a delay on United. We went for a walk in the morning after breakfast around the neighborhood near the hotel, walking up 5th Ave. North on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill to get to a spot where there was a nice viewpoint. Although I’ve never eaten at this particular restaurant,…
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Overnighting in Seaside, walking the Prom UPDATE: Seaside, Oregon is definitely a place I’d visit again, perhaps as a base for exploring and photographing the Oregon Coast. We picked it at random as it was about as far as we felt driving the first day, after going through Astoria and Tillamook (did stop for some squeaky-cheese curds, which I worked on all day). Seaside is one of those places that’s got some authentic charm and history, although there are a lot of big new high-rises along the prime beachfront spots of its classic “Prom” or promenade. You can see the…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: BLTT&C at Hump’s Cafe in Clatskanie By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 May ’09, 3.30pm CDT PST UPDATE: We drove towards the Oregon Coast and down towards San Francisco in kind of a random fashion, and next time we’ll do it a little differently to minimize long driving days and maximize hanging out in interesting places days. We stopped at this funky local place after crossing a bridge from a very industrial area of southern Washington into Oregon. It was a pleasant surprise once inside, full of quirky decor and homey touches. The…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Golden Gardens Sunset By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 25 May ’09, 10.31pm CDT PST UPDATE: When I lived in Seattle, I sometimes rode my bike or the bus out to Golden Gardens Park in the afternoon. It’s just a really nice place to spend some time. David and I walked along, smelling the smoke from a number of campfires on the beach (the parks department provides big iron fireboxes). It was the end of the Memorial Day weekend, but plenty of people were there to grill, picnic, chill, or even get married (there…