I’m home for a couple of days before I hit the road again for my infamously busy fall travel schedule. Those precious days at home mean a combination of time in my office and a bit of work from my comfortable perch on my sectional at the homestead. But my perch wasn’t always so comfy… in…
Once in a while, I like to imagine what it would be like to be back in the world of my earlier days in consulting – the ones where my project work had me often spending one or more weeks in the same city so that I had some sense of being anchored each day…
No wonder my purse is always so heavy. I pulled the last three weeks of room keys out of a side pocket this morning and realized I’ve got a lot more catching up to do! I don’t seem to be making any headway and I have another 3-4 stays in the next ten days. But fear…
In March 2015, watch for Starwood headquarters to relocate to India as part of a month-long cultural immersion program. During the program, executives from the company will live and conduct business from Mumbai and Delhi in an attempt to better understand the culture and the needs of travelers visiting the growing business community. Starwood has previous…
It’s a Sunday morning at 8 am (one of my “regular” times to drive for UberX) when I get a ping to pick up a rider named Michael at an apartment building adjacent to the university campus. I pull up in front of the building. The street is quiet – its too early for most to be…
There is a first time for everything. In terms of travel, I’ve been doing it so long (and so frequently) that those first time incidents are becoming increasingly more bizarre. I had not one, but TWO of them yesterday. And I’m curious to hear your thoughts on one of them – did I overreact? In…
This 5.5 hour overnight stay may officially qualify as my shortest hotel overnight that was not the result of A) a wild night on the town, B) irregular airline operations, or C) a stay in an international transit hotel. In the case of either of the examples above, I’ve generally known and accepted that the hotel…
News about hiking normally doesn’t catch my eye. I love the outdoors, but trekking around in the woods is generally not my thing. This story, however, surprised me. A hiker discovers an abandoned town just hiding in the middle of Smoky Mountains National Forest. The discovery is the second forgotten find in the national forest in the last couple of years. Click here…
Thinking through this weekly recap, it strikes me how lucky I was that I got to spend the entire week at home. It’s always a nice luxury for me in between travel weeks to have that slice of time to catch up in my office and run a few errands around the neighborhood. This is…
I think I drove a little too much for Uber this weekend… busy weekend, good money to be had doing mostly short runs in my neighborhood – how could I turn that down? It seems like Uber-like products are all the rage as both Uber and Lyft experiment with new “on demand” services with one-day…
Week after week of life on the road can wreck havoc on my body. Eating can become one of those exercises where I am left with few choices – eat what’s on the plane or available at the airport or whatever my client has put out. Even when I get time to choose, sometimes after…
Nancy Grace isn’t the only one who worries about women who go missing. I’ve hit the point in my years of travel (often solo travel) where thoughts of safety become a nagging voice in the back of my head. “If I went missing on the road, would anyone know where to start looking?” Reading stories…