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California Dreaming on the Ski Slopes
I had planned a ski trip with my son to Colorado’s Telluride. I even booked a room at a cool looking hotel, the Madeline Hotel, and paid a nonrefundable deposit. We were all set to go. But frantically, my son kept telling me that Colorado had one thing missing and that was the snow. It […]
New York
I love New York. I love the buzz of the city, I love the subway, the crazy yellow cabs, the skyscrapers, the tiny neighborhoods, and of course the theater. The other evening I saw two plays back-to-back: Long Day’s Journey Into Night and The Father. This was two days after I had gone with my […]
Droning On
Let’s face it; flying is not what it used to be. We pile into a tube, we wait sometimes for an hour on the runway, and we hover with trepidation over a busy airport waiting to land. We do all of that increasingly on a jammed plane with no empty seats available for breathing room […]
Visa Wars
The European commission seems to be moving closer to deciding to implement a new visa hurdle for USA and Canadian citizens traveling through the European Schengen countries. That excludes UK and Ireland, but the hotspots like Italy, Switzerland, Spain, France, and Germany will all be affected. So what is it all about? Well, under US […]
Roman Graffiti
I am in two minds about graffiti. Sometimes it is just senseless destruction of beautiful facades but more and more it gives voice to a neighborhood in change and transforms organically into art from Banksy and beyond. Graffiti stretches back through the ages. It comes from the Italian word “graffiato” which simply means scratched. It really […]
Rome
I love Rome. From the moment I jump in the cab, there is a sense of gradual transition as you journey into this incredibly beautiful city filled with dust, cracks, and occasional garbage bags. It’s all here. For me it begins as we pass the Sheraton Hotel. Out in the distance is Esposizione Universale Roma […]
To Upgrade or not to Upgrade
For all of those passengers that are lucky enough to sit in the business class or first class section of an airplane, you may well imagine how important you are to that airline. Airlines are trying to sign you up for their frequent flyer cards, give you their Silver and Gold cards, and adorn you […]
Stay Tuned for April Travels: Atlanta, Georgia and Reston, Virginia!
I’m not a Virgin Anymore (Virgin America sold to Alaska Airlines)
Virgin America has just sold out to Alaska Airlines. Richard Branson, who owns only a clear 22% of Virgin America, felt so bad about it that he wrote an open letter concerning the takeover. He could not do too much to stop it because some of his take was in the form of non-voting shares. […]
NOT JUST ANOTHER BUM IN A SEAT! (Airline Class Warfare)
Incidentally, if you have not noticed, while the airlines are fawning over the front of the plane, and I mean fawning, (“Can I take you to your seat?”, “Would you like an espresso?”), in the back the seats are shrinking. By that I mean, they are putting more seats in and the width, depth, and […]
FIFA
FIFA is the organization responsible for the governance of soccer worldwide. It sponsors tournaments directly, like the World Cup, and is responsible for the adjudication of the game. The rules, the referees, and the technology that helps make decisions better. Under FIFA’s umbrella are the various worldwide regional bodies like UEFA that control the soccer […]
Zurich
I had never been to Zurich before and probably will never go back. Last year I was in Lausanne and promised myself never to return! I added it to my list of boring places – Deauville, Trouville, Biarritz. Places that I was curious about but couldn’t muster up enough energy or desire to return. Cross […]
The Journey up Jungfrau
The journey from Zermatt to Lauterbrunnen, up Jungfrau, was a feast of Swiss mountains, green pastures, and alpine chalets. The descent on the cog railway from Zermatt to Täsch was on the Glacier Express. It was the first part of a journey that would take us around three and a half hours. Our final destination […]
The Mystery of the Matterhorn
Zermatt, as a holiday destination, is famous for its skiing, summer walks through the open trails long left by skiers–and for extreme climbers it’s the challenging ascent of the iconic Matterhorn. I have been to Zermatt many, many times but I have never actually visited the Matterhorn Museum. Even though I received a frosty reception […]