Posts Tagged ‘travel’
The Big Year: First-Degree Birders
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry from this overly broad comedy.KRISTIAN LIN
I am not a birder, but I can sympathize with them. Check me out in early December when I’m frantically tracking down Greek experimental films and dramas about depressed Japanese people. I may not get someone else’s obsessio...
American Airlines: Express Seats for Extra Cash
Kristian LinI found something dumber than the outrage over the “Ground Zero Mosque.” It’s the news that American Airlines is now charging for “Express Seats,” the first few rows of seats in coach behind first ...
Travel Notes from Spain
Kristian LinMy recent absence from this blog was due to my vacation in Spain, so I thought I’d report back on what I’ve seen. Seville was the first European city I visited that made me think, “I could live here.” It’s fascinating...
Remote Locations
Chow, BabyThis is a plea to a certain television network to stop running all those “Do You Have the Travel Bug?” commercials. Having seen the ads a million times now, Chow, Baby is convinced it is seriously afflicted with thi...
Travel Advisory
Cohe BolinA discount travel club operating in North Texas didn’t provide promised benefits to many of its customers, but its principals apparently have made the travel arrangements to get themselves out of the clutches of Texas cou...
Taken for a Ride
A travel club turned dreams into a nightmare for would-be vacationers.I’SHA GAINES
Tom and Lela Woods looked at the pictures of gorgeous views and fancy resorts on a travel agency’s web site and started dreaming about lying on sandy beaches and splashing in turquoise waters.