Greetings from Southern California! Greetings! For the first time since early March, I finally spent the night somewhere other than my house! Our last family hotel stay was at Disney’s…

Greetings from Southern California! My wife shot this amazing sunset photo yesterday with my one-year-old daughter. The air quality finally cleared up (here are some websites and apps to use…

  Multiple friends and colleagues, including Leo Laporte, have recommended that I add a donation button to my website since there are a lot of people who find my information…

Greetings from smoky Los Angeles! The air quality here has been so bad that we’ve stayed home most of the week, kept the windows shut and the fan on so…

When people find out that I live in Los Angeles, they often ask, “Do you ever see any celebrities?” My answer is that always I see ton of them and…

Greetings! Every day, my 91-year-old dad calls me and asks, “is there any news about the virus disappearing?” My three-year-old son also often asks, “is there still a virus?” Both…

I’m not sure why I didn’t think about using a meal delivery service back in March when everyone was terrified of going to the grocery store and there were long…

Greetings from home! On Monday, June 22, the TSA screened 607,540 individuals at security checkpoints nationwide, topping the 600,000 mark for the first time in months. The last time throughput…

  Last week, I wrote about my upcoming round-the-world trip, which I had been planning for several months (here’s the story). My friends and family were concerned about me going…

For the past few months, I’ve been planning an incredible round-the-world trip with my best friend Mike. We both recently turned the big 5-0, so we decided to do something…

Miles flown: 93,024 Segments: 52 Carriers: 9 (American, Hawaiian, Empire Airlines, Compass, Iberia, Iberia Express, United, British Airways, Delta) Aircraft types: 12 (717, ATR42, A321S, A321T, 737-M, 777-200, E175, 737-8,…

Last month, I traveled to Hamburg, Germany to attend the grand opening of the Courtyard Hamburg City. Normally, I wouldn’t travel over 5,500 miles to attend a grand opening of…

American Airlines (AA) just sent me an email (screenshot below) encouraging me to buy back my AAdvantage Executive Platinum status. I appreciate them giving me ample notice, but the offer…

Greetings! Last week, I flew from Los Angeles to Chicago for the night, as a guest of United for the airline’s Media Day. It was my first time flying United…

Last week, I got on a plane for the first time in two months. It was the longest I’ve been grounded in 25 years, and it felt really good. It…