All things travel.
Last year National Car Rental quietly rolled out the test of a program called “Virtual Aisle” for it’s Emerald Club rental loyalty program. I read about it on View From The Wing at that time, but never had the opportunity to visit one of the test locations and assumed that it had gone away since…
I’m the kind of girl who likes climbing around temples. I like it enough that I actually dedicate space in my Tinder profile to mention that I like climbing around temples in Asia – and that’s valuable real estate, so it must be true! So when the Indonesia adventure was being planned, it was MUST…
I’m currently hoisting my celebratory hot chocolate in the Buffalo Admirals Club (US Airways Club) after just finishing my 100th qualifying segment of the year to meet the requirements for Executive Platinum status again. Our takeoff from Chicago was punctuated by the delighted squeals of an adorable toddler girl behind me who gleefully shouted “Up up and away! Wheeeeeeeee!!!” as the…
I read about a new Uber workaround app today called SurgeProtector on the Will Run for Miles blog. The idea behind the app is to help users deceive the Uber app during surge pricing by dropping the location pin (that requests a car) in a wrong location conveniently located outside the surge zone. Presumably riders would…
It didn’t take long for the relaxing glow of vacation to wear off – I dove right back in headfirst a week ago. I luckily had a recovery plan in place but the pace has been as busy as ever (probably not helped by a voluntary segment run this past weekend)! But now I’m in that mode…
I don’t know how I get talked into these things. I’m really NOT a mileage runner… but my friend Tom is doing a segment run on American Eagle today and since he has an AirPass he can bring a companion along for free. Sounds great, right? It is except that I don’t get any miles/segment…
Yesterday I shared details of our self-guided city tour for Surabaya using Blue Bird Taxi. Today I’d like to share more about the new Surabaya cruise port terminal itself. We were told that Seabourn Odyssey was the first ship to call at the newly finished cruise terminal in Surabaya. Because we were in a hurry to…
UberX drivers come from all slices of life. You might be surprised who drives for UberX and what they do when they are not driving. Yesterday ESPN featured a story about Matt Stainbrook, a starter for the Xavier men’s basketball team and also a Cleveland UberX driver. Matt’s story is pretty cool – he is…
On my recent twelve-night Indonesian cruise aboard Seabourn Odyssey, only one port proved troublesome for advance planning (something I don’t like that much) – Surabaya. Surabaya was a mystery. Plan A was to come up with a tour or other planned activity for the day. The ship’s tours did not sound at all interesting (and were…
I gave up on running last year after yet another stress fracture stymied my attempts to train for a long race. Still, I know the importance of a recovery plan for marathon runners. Traveling is no different – whether you are returning from a long international trip like I just did or wrapping up a stretch of…
Uber is kicking off a week of special events to support not-for-profit organization No Kid Hungry – and as part of that, will offer an UberLUNCH pop-up on Thursday in nine select markets. The cities and restaurants? Atlanta – Alon’s Bakery & Market Austin – Easy Tiger Dallas – SMOKE Restaurant Denver – Rosenberg’s Los Angeles –…
If you are looking for Don Draper, you just might find him hiding out in the mid-century modern lair that is the DoubleTree byHilton Hotel Seattle Airport. From arrival to departure, I found myself longing for a sweet vintage dress that would do this property justice. No sarcasm intended – read on…. Arrival I arrived…