If I hadn’t known that the Swiss and the French were so-very-different, I absolutely would have experienced culture shock earlier today.
At Leaping Lindy in Bern, Switzerland, everything ran on time. The Swiss bought our plane tickets early, arranged to pick us up on time, bought us train tickets to go to Bern from Zürich’s, put [...]
As some of you know, I grew up in a relatively warm climate. The Bay Area has seasons, but to get winter, and I mean real winter, you have to drive somewhere to find it. Here in Pittsburgh, on the other hand, you just have to look outside.
Yesterday (Friday), my dentist called to see if [...]
It pays to have a frequent flyer number. What, don’t believe me? If you fly to a lindy event at least once a month, it’s worth your while.
On average, it costs me $30 each way to check a bag. Let’s say I do one round-trip each month for a year: 12 months x $60 = [...]
You might think it’s silly to check in early if you are going to check your bags (since you’ll still need to go to the kiosk), but it’s not stupid. It’s smart.
For one reason or the other, I decided that I didn’t need to check-in for my flight to Korea the night before. Because of [...]
I learned this the last time I went to Mexico (and Egypt for that matter), and since I am back in the area, I felt like this was appropriate.
There are some places where the tap water taste awesome and there are some places that it doesn’t. There are some places where tap water revitalizes you, [...]
Why did I not know this before this week? To be honest, I was thinking this cruise gig was going to be a total bust, but low and behold, within an hour of being on the ship (we hadn’t even left port yet), I was sold. I am a believer!
Now, I am sure that cruising [...]
Guys, I am going to guess that this won’t mean too much to you unless you’ve had a girlfriend that dyes her hair funky colors…..
Two days ago I got my color touched up – the red on the bottom and the blond on top – and have been dealing with it ever since. I had [...]
Travel with a pair of earplugs if you’re going to be flying, especially during the holidays. Not only are parents stressed out, but so are their children (perhaps causation and correlation?). This in turn can possibly mean that the children will be screaming and crying on the airplane. Now, if you’re like me, you’ll have [...]
We all have them. Some of them are quick and painless, and some of them are rather laborious. I figure I am going to start a new series of posts called QLL and update you on my weekly “learning experiences.”
Here are some quick one’s from my past week in Argentina:
- When at dance practice, don’t [...]
