Travel
Thanksgiving Travelers Return Smoothly, Safely
CBS Philly reports that holiday travel was down slightly in Philadelphia this year, but seemed to go well.
LONG WEEKEND: Gay Puerto Rico
Leonard Bernstein begins his classic song “America” from West Side Story with Rosalia singing, “Puerto Rico, you lovely island.” (Anita has a rather guttural rebuttal, […]
“Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay” Campaign Turns 10 Today
Today marks the 10th anniversary of Visit Philadelphia‘s cleverly named “Philadelphia: Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay” campaign, a project that Director of […]
DISPATCHES FROM PENNSYLTUCKY: Lehigh Co. Tea Partier Compares Same-Sex Couples to Pets
Just in case today’s news about Corbett comparing gay marriage to incest wasn’t enough to boil your blood, here’s another ignorant statement by Lehigh County […]
DISPATCHES FROM PENNSYLTUCKY: PA Rep Drops Support of Non-Discrimination Bill Because of Trans ‘Bathroom Issue’
Bucks County State Rep. John Galloway has decided to drop his support of HB 300, legislation that would amend the state’s Human Rights Act to prohibit […]
Dispatches from Pennsyltucky: Lebanon Pastor in Trouble for Performing Same-Sex Marriage for Son
I’m going to start a new column calling out all the ridiculousness that’s happening out in Pennsyltucky (aka the reason we are the only Northeast […]
NASA Set to Launch LADEE Explorer to the Moon Tonight
Or, well, at least one of our robots will: The robotic spacecraft LADEE, will fly to the moon by way of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Liftoff […]
VIDEO: Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Crash
Amateur video of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash at San Francisco airport has surfaced, showing that, as investigators earlier revealed, pilots had tried to […]
An Expert’s 10 Tips for Getting Through PHL Quickly
Want to cruise through the Philly airport? Of course you do! Since January, I’ve been through our local airport more than 30 times (mostly on […]
Stop Complaining About Your Last “Horrible” Flight
A client was very upset with me. We had sold him software a few weeks ago, and he called because he needed help. When I […]
New Report Shows More Americans Are Fed Up With Airlines
In the early 1970s, famed newsman Chet Huntley appeared in a series of television ads introducing American Airlines’ new “Luxury Liner” fleet. The modified aircraft […]
Why I’ll Never Be Caught in a Cruise Ship Disaster
Over one century ago, a grand ship named the Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing 1,502 of her 2,224 occupants. Since then, there […]
Yo! Chinatown Buses Return To Philly
A year after the federal government shuttered most of the independent Chinatown bus lines traveling up and down the I-95 corridor, NBC 10 reports that […]
As Winter Drags On, Mike Nutter Living it Up in Florence, Italy
Perks of being the President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors: Hanging out in Tuscany. Along with some fellow Mayors from South Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, […]
22 Great Pickup Lines for the Philadelphia Airport
Philadelphia Airport was recently named one of the top five best places in the country for hooking up by MeetAtTheAirport.com. Why PHL? According to […]