Day 1 – London [pics]Alright! Here we go! Off to a good start with the trip updates! Our flight was pretty good, but SeatGuru failed to mention that aisle seats on United’s international 777s had reduced foot room. I popped some pills, had some miscellaneous beef dinner, and after some restlessness, fell asleep. I figure

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Left work a bit early yesterday for an afternoon of wakeboarding with Dave, Dan, and Ryan. Good times were had by all, but since it was our first time attempting the sport, we had a lot of trouble staying up. Dan and Dave both received concussions (so they say), and I cracked my sternum. All

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Down with the typical travel sites! Thanks to Dave, I have been acquianted with Kayak. Rather than searching the sites of airlines and tacking on a fee for doing so, this site is completely ad-supported (from the looks of it) so you really are getting the cheapest deal AND are searching a ton more airlines

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I think I spoke on this before, but setting your goals for the top is just silly. Start somewhere in the middle. When you achieve that, then shoot for the top. Caitlin and I just registered for the Chicago Half Marathon on September 9th, booked our flight on United, and our hotel, The Allerton. If

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[b]September 11th Security Fee 5.00 [/b] Yes, that is an item on my receipt from a recent travel booking. I didn’t ask for this fascist security that slows me down by approximately 20 minutes every time I travel. Those of you who are able to check-in quickly should not bother to say “The wait isn’t

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Sitting at Nagoya Airport waiting on my flight to San Fran and then on to Dulles. I ended up taking 1500 pictures and have like a 30 page journal that I’ll be putting online tomorrow (the 18th). Was an excellent trip, I plan on coming back sometime within the next decade or so… Want to

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