Steve (DOS) and I were proud to march in the Orlando Pride Parade, as a small group organized by our College Park United Methodist Church this past weekend. While we didn’t have the big floats or local mega- corporate sponsors,…
October Pride Parade in Orlando 2025!
Marriott Platinum Challenge Begins with a Week of Virginia Hotel Stays!
We left Roanoke on Sunday afternoon for a week exploring my home state of Virginia, before heading home to Florida. We had been staying in Roanoke the last few weeks while Mom was in hospice, and we were also working…
Summer in Roanoke – August 2020
This year in 2020 has been like no other we’ve ever experienced, thanks to the COVID-19 which is plaguing the world. Like everyone else we are dealing with it the best we can. Fortunately I retired last December and no…
Flights to London and Helsinki in Business Class
In our last post we had just finished dinner in the British Airways Lounge, and were heading out for our flight. I was a bit rushed getting that post done before we left, and by the time I got to…
Pre-Vacation Work travels to Newark and Houston
Had a busy last couple of week with work travel. After spending Mother’s Day weekend in Virginia visiting my family, I flew from Roanoke to New Jersey for the work week.As Roanoke is a small airport, I flew from Roanoke…
Wine touring around Santa Barbara in a Tesla!
We woke up early Saturday morning as expected due to the 3 hour time change from the East Coast. We got to our hotel, the Fess Parker Doubletree in Santa Barbara around 10pm last night, and as we got in…
Inauguration week in Philadelphia
I can’t believe it’s already January 19th and Christmas and New Year’s has come and gone. This year seems destined to pass as quickly as last year did if the pace of the year keeps up as has so far.…
Flying back from San Juan in midst of tragedy
On Sunday we slept in a bit at our Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan. As our flight wasn’t until 4pm, we requested (and were granted) a 2pm checkout which was nice, as we didn’t have to store our luggage.…
San Juan Saturday
Hola! Greetings from sunny San Juan! We flew down from Miami yesterday for a quick Saturday night stay at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan. I used my Hilton Diamond points so the stay was free, and they even upgraded…
Way-cation in San Juan part 3. . . heading home
On Sunday we requested a 1pm checkout from the Caribe Hilton which was graciously honored. As our flight leaving San Juan wasn’t until 2:45pm and we had no luggage to check, we wanted to maximize the short time remaining at…