We spend a nice Spring weekend in Roanoke, Virginia, visiting my parents and brother and his partner. My parents are 84 years old, and recently moved into a new home up the street from my brother Andy. We wanted to…
Heading home from Saõ Paulo
Like all good trips (or even bad ones), the trip eventually comes to an end and it’s time to go home. Considering our whirlwind trip to Brazil, and we had only a couple nights in Saõ Paulo, it still felt…
First Class from Miami to São Paulo on American Airlines 777-300
My Friday was a long one, starting out at 4:30am when I checked out of the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Airport for my 6:30am flight to Charlotte, connecting to Orlando. I had been in Minnesota all week on business, and had…
Thursday night stay at Minneapolis Airport Hyatt
It’s 8:45pm as I write this and I’m sitting in the lobby lounge at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Airport having a quick brewski and waiting on a turkey croissant. This week has really gone by fast; it’s funny how Monday…
Three days in Shanghai
This week I (UNO) am writing for Steve (DOS) who is on another whirlwind trip, this time to China. I think since he abruptly had to quit flying a couple years ago (due to a pacemaker) he never really gave…
Sunrise in Albuquerque
In my last post I was blogging about our trip to Santa Barbara, and touring around the wineries there. I still have a couple more wineries to post about, but meanwhile I’ve headed back home to Orlando, and this week I…
Way-cation Weekend in Santa Barbara
Today on this Inauguration Day Friday January 20th, I flew from Philadelphia back to Orlando as our 45th President, Donald Trump was being sworn in. I saw some of the pre-Inauguration ceremonies on TV while waiting for my flight in…
Last Business trip of 2016
Oh the joy of travel delays! What started off as a good business trip (and the last one for work this year), was tarnished by a lengthy delay in DFW Airport. I’m writing this from the plane, where I’ve been…
Trying to get home from Newark
It’s Thursday afternoon at 1:35pm, and I’m sitting in Newark Airport, waiting for my delayed Jet Blue #1727 flight back to Orlando. It’s supposed to depart at 1:39pm, but it’s now showing a string of delay texts on my…
Post-Thanksgiving travels . . .
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family in Roanoke this past week. It was nice to be off work for four days, and travel to and from Roanoke was on-time and stress-free, probably because I traveled up on Thanksgiving…