To my readers who are traveling to one of the upcoming fall conferences, here’s a few of my favorite travel tips.
Use SeatGuru.com to get the best seat.
I’m not talking about first class versus coach - even in coach, not all seats are created equal. Every plane has some surprise seats that have more room or [...]
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Saturday
It’s Labor Day weekend. I would love to hang out and relax, but I have a plane to catch. I pack my laptop bag and a single large suitcase. I’d love to take a carryon too, because it’d be a nightmare if my luggage didn’t arrive with me. I’m going to be checking the suitcase [...]
Change of travel plans
This weekend, we changed our travel plans and headed back home to Houston instead of driving on out to California. We probably should have checked the maps a little more carefully - particularly this map:
Tropical Storm Edaeiou(and sometimes y)rdo is heading right for Houston tomorrow. Both Ed and I have conflicting reservations at the Houston [...]
Taking a cross-country road trip
We’ve packed up the Honda and we’re heading out this morning on a road trip of epic proportions: Just over 5,000 miles. Erika, Ernie (our miniature Schnauzer) and I are driving from Houston to Memphis today, overnighting there. On Sunday we’re continuing up to Muskegon, Michigan to spend some time with Dad and [...]
Russia as seen from my hotel bathroom
I’m spending a few days in St. Petersburg, Russia to visit Quest’s office. Sure, I have the regular touristy photos, like myself in front of old buildings:
But what I really like about overseas travel is that everything looks and feels different, and it forces me to look at the design and user interface for everything.
Take [...]
US Airways Hung Up On Me. True Story.
I used to live out of planes and hotels (literally, I worked for a hotel company) but I haven’t traveled much for the past five years. This afternoon I had an ugly experience that reminded me of the sad truth of long-distance travel: crappy customer service can wreck your trip, and great customer service is [...]
Sunday Buffet at The Lady & Sons
As part of our road trip this week to Oklahoma City, we stopped at Paula Deen’s The Lady and Sons in Savannah. For those of you unfamiliar with The Food Network, Paula Deen and her two sons are food celebrities, great people with a great story.
The restaurant doesn’t take advance reservations: instead, hopeful diners [...]
Scanned photos from 2001 vacations
I scanned and uploaded our 2001 vacation pictures from Rome and from Mexico. Nothing amazing in there, just your typical vacation photos. I wanted to scan ‘em in before I upgraded my home computer to Vista because I’m not sure my scanner will work with that new OS.
Super Bowl in Miami
I haven’t blogged in a while, and I’m sure you can understand the reason: I’ve been hob-nobbing with the hundreds of celebs in town for today’s Super Bowl. In fact, just now while I was walking Ernie, I ran into Chris Berman.
Yes, that last part is actually true - he was leaving the convention center. [...]
Walking Ernie on South Beach
Walking Ernie on South Beach, originally uploaded by BrentOzar.
Fantastic fall weather. Only 77 this morning.
