Feb 28
2009Low-fare Ryanair reportedly exploring another revenue source
If Ryanair, the aggressive European low-fare carrier, wanted to A) raise travelers’ hackles or B) get their name in print and on the air, they couldn’t have picked a better subject than the possibility of converting their lavatories into pay toilets.
Feb 27
2009
A small Pennsylvania town is set to have the first museum in the Keystone State dedicated to the Socialist movement of a bygone era.
Feb 25
2009Celebrity Summit passengers on shore excursion injured when bus went off the road
I got an E-mail from friends who are on a short Caribbean cruise with the message, “Hi — we are having a great time. One of the excursions in Dominica came to a bad end yesterday, but we were not involved. Just in case it made the news I want to reassure you that we are fine. Cruising is all that it is made out to be.”
Feb 23
2009Feb 23
2009After the miraculous water landing of a US Airways Airbus in the frigid Hudson River on January 15 with no loss of life, people were feeling benign toward the carrier. Good feelings only go so far, however. The airline was the only major airline to charge coach passengers for non-alcoholic beverages ($1 for coffee or tea; $2 for bottled water or soft drinks). This annoyed passengers like me, who recently flew Denver-Charlotte and Charlotte-JFK.
Feb 23
2009I spent most of today walking the streets of Alexandria. There is no better way to get to know a city than to walk around for a day and get lost in the process.
Feb 23
2009Cairo explosion was no blast from the past but a current menace that I recently avoided
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Feb 22
2009
Shes the underdog but Anne Hathaway deserves the Oscar for best actress tonight for her break-through performance in Rachel Getting Married.
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