Pleasure reading on the road has always been one of my guilty pleasures. Before electronic devices were allowed during taxi, takeoff, and landing, I often hauled my personal stash of magazines with me for those periods of time when everything was powered down. Books were often to heavy for the short duration but magazines helped…
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What to Do When Your Seat Assignment Sucks
I hate early morning flights – and they are even worse when your seat assignment sucks. That seems to be happening to many these days with fully booked flights – someone has to sit in the dreaded middle seats or back rows of the plane. Last week I was nursing my Starbucks in the Admirals…
An Uber Update – Escape From Manhattan
On Tuesday, I shared my tale from the weekend about having Uber charge me 25% above the top of the fare quote range largely due to our driver taking us to the wrong destination first. Yesterday, I took a new extra step when booking – I captured a screenshot of the fare quote at the…
12 Tips for Broadway Show Tickets in NYC
I love getting to visit New York City – and one of my favorite things to do is to catch a hot Broadway performance in the epicenter of the theatre world. Scoring show tickets at a discount is not a challenge either as long as you know the ropes! Sometimes I have the ability (and…
Uber Does Not Know Where You’re Going – Do You?
I enjoy using Uber, the ever-expanding car service that allows you to use your mobile device to order a town car on demand, estimate cost in real-time, and pay automatically at the end of the ride (gratuity included). One of my favorite features is being able to estimate cost based on real-time traffic and actual…