The Hawaii Traveler

Is there a deader horse to beat than the one about commercial airlines and airports? The overselling, the delays, the lack of in-flight goodies, and the security measures that don’t make any sense. (I can carry on two pints of milk for the kid, but my lip gloss is confiscated.) There’s also the other passengers (and their idea of hygiene), the pickup/drop-off procedures, the lines for a bad cup of coffee, and the germs.
In fact, I’m home today with a cold that I probably picked up at one airport or another while traveling to and from Albany, …read more

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On my way to BlogHer, where I met some b5 media beauties, I was delayed for four hours in Salt Lake City due to a mechanical issue. Oy. Ordinarily, I would have been disappointed and a little put out by the whole thing, but despite wondering what I was missing at the conference, I was sort of happily passing time alone. Such is a rare delight for most parents, and I was just happy that I was alone, instead of trying to placate a three-year-old for eight hours in a big glass building full of germy things …read more

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Mary Jo over at the FlyAway Cafe posted a bit about her celebrity sightings in today’s edition of her Friday Flight Attendant series. Not one to let a good idea slip by uncopied, I’ve decided to jump on board, too–so to speak.
Before I was even born, my mom started working as a reservations agent for a major airline; she was with them for almost thirty years. That meant we flew for free, which in the ’70s and ’80s was a different experience than it is today. Because private jet travel was still uncommon, even for the very affluent, we …read more

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