September 17, 2015

Hard Rock Hotel, Orlando FL USA

Who flies from Boston to Orlando Wednesday morning of the week that most schools begin at 7:30am? I asked myself this question while boarding my Delta flight. The answer: not many people. I was in Orlando for a night to present at a conference, and the Hard Rock Hotel was my lodging destination. The conference […]

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July 23, 2012

Natural Break, Los Angeles Airport (LAX), CA, USA

My name was 45 out of 50 on the upgrade request list for my flight from BOS to LAX. I had the chance to upgrade for 15k points and chose not to; had I known this flight was 6.5 hours, I might have chosen otherwise. Nevertheless, I was happily relegated to the back where no […]

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June 3, 2012

Acting Café, Terminal 1, Shanghai/Pudong Airport, China

All I wanted was Starbucks. That’s it. I was flying from Beijing to Okinawa, connecting through Shanghai, and with a 4 hour layover all I wanted was to sit at a Starbucks and sip on an iced latte while answering emails. I was in the international terminal of Pudong afterall, this shouldn’t be a big […]

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