Archive for the ‘On the Road’ Category
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
Greetings from Chicago.
Yesterday, I called my airline to ask if I could move up my flight, foreseeing a possibly travel nightmare if I left at 9am, just as the ICE STORM OF DOOM would be making the next stop on its U.S. Tour in New York City. The good news: ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Er, wait... no. Not that one.
Ahh, much better. I'll be updating sporadically for the next few days. See you next week, New York City.
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
So let's say you've got a really, really early flight out of one of New York's airports. Say, 7am or earlier. According to FAA guidelines, you should be there one hour before the flight. So, you have to be there by 6am at the earliest. It's a good 30-45 minutes ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
LaGuardia Airport and I are sworn enemies. I wish that airport would just fall into the East River. Actually, I don't, because then it would make the delays even worse at JFK. Despite the fact that I've heard horror stories about JFK from everyone on the face of the earth, I have ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Is the big game sold out? Are the scalpers charging an arm and a leg? Is everyone fresh out of extra tickets? Well, here's a solution I saw in the parking lot at Notre Dame Stadium over the weekend:
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
I'd love to tell you all my stories about my weekend in the Midwest all at once, but I have to start with this gem of a photo that I took on the campus of Bethel College, an institution of higher learning in Mishawaka, Indiana:
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
You might think that New York and Chicago don't have much in common, aside from being large cities. But while I was walking around Chicago at lunch time, I realized that the Second City has a lot more in common with New York than you think.
A long line at Chipotle. ...
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
THROWN FOR A LOOP - I'm going to Chicago for the day on Thursday. I have two culinary goals: eat a Chicago Dog, eat a deep dish pizza. Sure, they're cliché, but the last time I was in the Second City, I was bitter because I missed the season premiere of Full ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
"You know what's so crazy out here," my dad asked while we were driving through the suburbs of Denver.
My dad has never been to New York City, despite the fact that he has lived less than three hours from this city his entire life. He hates large cities.
"I can't believe ...
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
So... do you mean this in terms of nationality, or socialeconomics?
Or maybe this is where all the models live.
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