Flying

Friendly Skies?

Called US Air (Motto: We hate to fly, and we hate you too!) this morning to try and change a flight. My request was pretty simple, or at least so I thought. I wanted to leave on the same flight at the same time, just one day later. “Uhh… hang on sir, let me see what the fare...

Travel Fun

Some days, travel goes smoothly and everything works out just right. Those days are very few and far between, and are to be appreciated. Then, there are days like today. The WWE ended a two day run in Columbus, Georgia (another place I can happily tick off my list of “places to see just...

Hurricane Vee

Sometimes flying is just flying, a dull and boring method of getting from point A to point B. But other times, especially on a mostly empty plane, flying can almost be fun. Her name was Vee, a largish black flight attendant on Northwest Airlines. At first glance, I could tell that...

Shirtless in Seattle

Opened my suitcase this morning, and realized that I’ve committed the second worst travel error possible. Yup, I am “Shirt-less in Seattle”. I guess I never bothered to pack any shirts. Looks like I will have a nice collection of new gift shop swag when this trip is over...

Detroit II – December 3, 2005

I was standing in line to check in for my flight this morning. There was a guy in front of me that was getting visibly upset. Being the nosy bugger that I am, I went over to see what all the fuss was about. “What do you mean I can’t carry this on? Where in the regulations does...