After the horrible experience I blogged about the Air France Lounge in Houston in the last post, Steve (DOS) and I were quite ready to board our 14 1/2 hour flight to Doha. As bad as the AF Lounge experience…
Touring Around Seattle Before Taking The Amtrak Empire Builder Train Home!
After a long and eventful trip to Seattle (previous post), Steve DOS and I slept well the first night at the Hyatt Olive 8 Hotel in Seattle. This hotel is part of the Hyatt Chain and directly across the street…
Bye to Napa. Hello Sonoma!
After a wonderful 5 night stay in Napa, it was time to move on to nearby Sonoma for another four night stay. But first, we had a couple errands to do before leaving. The first was picking up our laundry…
Dinner at Mo’s in Milwaukee
We had a wonderful dinner at Mo’s Steakhouse in downtown Milwaukee during our recent weekend visit there. Mo’s is typical of the Wisconsin Supper Clubs in that it is family owned, has been established for years, and has a lounge…
Dinner night out in Johannesburg
After our morning tour of the K.Y.P. Village and Mandela House, I had a relaxing afternoon back at our hotel, The Fairlawns Boutique Hotel, while Steve (DOS) went shopping with a few others from our AMA Waterways group. Later in…
The Generous Pour – first of the 2016 season!
After a week of travel in Minnesota, and flight delays coming back last night, it was nice to sleep in a bit on Saturday morning. As always, when returning from any trip, there are errands to run, chores to do,…
Dinner at LAX (Way-Cation part 2)
Our Way-Cation weekend trip to LAX continues from the last post. Upon landing in LAX shortly before 5pm, we caught the shuttle van to the Concourse Hotel with only a 5 minute wait. The Concourse Hotel is a ‘new’ Hyatt-affiliated…
Dinner at Sir Winston’s – Queen Mary Hotel
This is a continuation blog of our July 4th weekend aboard the Queen Mary Hotel, in Long Beach California. After walking for miles (literally!) aboard the ship, we took a late afternoon nap before heading to Sir Winston’s restaurant at…
Fourth of July weekend – part Two
Woke up early aboard the Queen Mary Hotel in Long Beach, as is normal when you gain 3 hours time coming from the East Coast the night before. As we were in the Eisenhower Suite, we had two separate bathrooms to…
4th of July weekend in Long Beach
This year July 4th is on a Friday, so our 3 day weekend started on Thursday night, July 3rd. We had planned this months ago, booking our flights from Orlando to Long Beach, on USAirways, connecting in Phoenix. Although I…