An oft believed myth which I did believe myself. However the data does not lie! Per this article on Quartz, it is not actually even all that close. I’ve heard elsewhere that summer typically has 5-10 days busier days than…
Made it to Vegas and finally made it out to Exotics Racing! Luckily they had a deal on some of the cars, although so many people signed up for the GT-R that they allowed people to choose among some upgrades.…
Back before doing my thang, apparently one could play airport departure roulette – roll up to the airport with a bag and a sense of adventure and pick up an empty seat going to somewhere on the cheap. However with…
Lol check out this article from ciylab. Paris Erects an Unlikely ‘Christmas Tree’. It would be pretty hilarious to be walking down the street then come up upon this…
British Airways has a distance based award chart with their avios (miles) plan. There are some real sweet spots in this plan for short trips and direct flights. For example, ORD to DCA, round trip, is only 9,000 avios and…
The government of Argentina has made it illegal for citizens to hold US dollars, because governments like to apply stupid economic ideas all the time. So why not this silly and outdated one? For more on this topic here’s an article…
So far I’ve had a great experience using airbnb in South America. My host’s place in Argentina was great; it was a nice place in the Palermo neighbordhood in Buenos Aires. Pictured above; I saw a few condos/apartment buildings like…
Surprise, yet another study finds a zillion ways to slip things by the TSA. Long ago the initial head of it already said the organization should be dismantled. All it does is inhale more and more money each year under…
I posted an article on ways to use Korean Air miles – but how can I make this work for me? Hawaiian doesn’t fly out of my local city. How about getting to Alaska though? I’m flying out of O’Hare…
There are a few floating villages noted on tripadvisor – our driver thankfully took us to this one as the others have rather poor reviews. So 1. you want to go to this one and 2. you want these mischievous…
