You Have The Obligation To Remain Silent
A woman was thrown off an Amtrak train a while back for gabbling loudly on her cell phone for 16 hours straight while riding in the quiet car. I learned about it when my pal […]
Tag: Travel
Five Things You Must Do in Boston
Too many visitors to Boston forget to do the following, essential things. 1. Breathe. 2. Eat. 3. Drink. 4. Sleep. 5. See the U.S.S. Constitution, “Old Ironsides.” It’s a famous wooden ship from the […]
Is This Seat Taken?
A single woman should regard every train ride as an opportunity, I once read in one of those “How to Find A Boyfriend” books. “When boarding the train, don’t take the first available seat,“ the […]
Mothers are the mother of all frustration…or daughters….
My Mom is going with us on a trip to Europe. My sister took a Viking River cruise last year and my Mom was green around the gills about it. I asked my sister why […]
A Survival Guide for coping with air travel
When Orville Wright first took flight over the beaches of Kitty Hawk, NC in 1903, he couldn’t have imagined that a century later, millions of people the world over would be getting into shouting matches […]
Advice For Greece
Question: What does a salmon say when it slams into a wall? Answer: “Dam!!” Speaking of slamming into walls, the nations of Greece and Germany are doing just that. Germany is insisting that Greece repay […]
Life in New York City
They descend like swarms of bees. They cut in front of us in Starbucks.* They dawdle on Broadway and get in everybody’s way. They block crosswalks and subway exits. They take the width of a […]
Brilliant suggestions for hotel freebies
I’m in and out of hotels quite a bit for work. With all the room keys I’ve collected, I know how a prostitute must feel. Well, without the Pelvic Inflammatory Disorder. As a hotel guru, […]
Foreign Bodies
Unfortunately, you can’t serve food to the public without those board of health types getting exercised over Shigella. A few weeks ago, I set out to get the Food Safety Manager’s certification online, thinking that […]