“Sundance Main Street” by Angel Hart Wing “Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.” ~ Seneca I’d like to be able to tell you that my four days at the Sundance Film festival were glamorous and exciting. I’d like to… Read More Solo at Sundance
I’m sorry I haven’t written much (alright, at all), recently. But it’s really all my job’s fault. If you haven’t flown across the continental US in the past couple of weeks, then you can count yourself as one lucky person, because there’s been nothing but flight delays and cancellations due to some pretty freaky weather.… Read More More Posts Coming Soon!
Happy belated New Year! If you’re wondering how I spent my New Year’s or what I did with those six free airline tickets, well here’s a recap of the last two weeks of my life: * I went to New York with my friend Kanako * I was there a total of 36 hours… *… Read More My Life: An Update
16. You refer to cities by their airport codes. As in, “I went to IAD last weekend and next Tuesday I’ll be flying to ORD.” 15. You’ve had your baggage lost, damaged and pilfered through so many times that you now avoid checking a bag at all costs. 14. You know the difference between a… Read More 16 Signs You’re a Frequent Flier
My friend Kanako is visiting from Hong Kong this week and today we just discovered that my mom has six buddy passes that will expire at the end of this month. For those of you unfamiliar with my life and therefore most likely thoroughly confused with that last sentence, let me fill you in. My… Read More 5 Days, 6 Free Airline Tickets to Anywhere…Where Should I Go?
3 – Number of hours I spent in the car (driving to and from the airport) 17.5 – Number of hours I spent in various airplanes 7 – Number of hours I spent waiting for my flight (in three different airports) 27.5 – Number of total hours I spent in transit 48 – Number of… Read More 48 Hours in Puerto Rico
I might lose my job. I say might because right now everything is up in the air, but it’s looking like I’ll be unemployed again starting the end of the January. I’ve known since I started that this might happen. I was hired on as a seasonal (I.e, temporary), employee which means that I was… Read More Soon to be Unemployed?!
Next week I’ll be heading to Puerto Rico for four days. The first and last time I visited Puerto Rico I was 13 years old. I remember eating a fried banana, driving past rows of Fruit Loop-colored houses made of cement, and finding a singing Coqui frog in my cousin’s bedroom. I’m sure this trip… Read More Upcoming Trips: Puerto Rico, Antigua and the Sundance Film Festival
A couple of weeks ago, while I was emptying the airplane trash bins, one of the bags split open and spilled a brown, milky liquid down the front of my skirt. “Ewww…” I shrieked. “Garbage juice!” That’s what’s I call the rancid liquid that pools at the bottom of the airplane trash bins. The airplane… Read More The Dirty Side of Airline Work
17. You frequently find yourself saying: “That reminds me of this one time, when I was in…(insert name of random country). 16. You have to order new pages for your passport. 15. Instead of honeymooning for two weeks in Hawaii or Tahiti, your honeymoon involves a year-long RTW trip. 14. You read the acronym RTW… Read More You Know You’re a Travel Addict When…
