Author: Edward Pizzarello

My goal in life is to fill my family’s passports with stamps, creating buckets of memories along the way. You’ll find me writing about realistic ways for normal people to travel the world, whether you’re on a budget or enjoy luxury. I also enjoy taking us on the occasional detour to explore the inner workings of the travel industry.

Just Another Day on United Airlines

After dropping my daughter off at the school bus this morning, I picked my bags up from my house and headed out for another routine flight from IAD to DEN.  This was a rare occasion where my upgrade cleared in plenty of time, and…

41 Hours in Tokyo: Tokyo Dome

Previous posts about my brief trip to Tokyo: Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tsukiji Fish Market Sushi and Beer at 6am Walking Around Tokyo Walking Around Tokyo Part 2 Park Hyatt Tokyo The good folks at the Park Hyatt Tokyo were nice enough to get me…

41 Hours in Tokyo: Walking Around Tokyo Part 2

Previous posts about my brief trip to Tokyo: Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tsukiji Fish Market Sushi and Beer at 6am Walking Around Tokyo Some quick pics of different experiences as I walked around Tokyo: Times Square-like buildings on my way to Imperial Gardens Interesting idea…

41 Hours In Tokyo: Walking Around Tokyo

Previous posts about my brief trip to Tokyo: Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tsukiji Fish Market Sushi and Beer at 6am After sushi and beer, Charlie and I decided to go see the Imperial Gardens.  It turned out to be a fairly easy walk from the…

41 Hours in Tokyo: Sushi and Beer at 6am

Previous posts about my short stop in Tokyo: Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tsukiji Fish Market After finishing the tour of the tuna auction, it was time to find a sushi restaurant!  Since I spoke virtually no Japanese, it was tough to ask directions.  I knew…

41 Hours in Tokyo: Tsukiji Fish Market

This is my second post about my recent trip to Tokyo on the inaugural Dreamliner flight from BOS-NRT.  You can see the previous posts here: Sheraton Miyako Hotel The Tuskiji fish market is the largest in the world.  Here’s a quick picture from above…

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41 Hours In Tokyo: Sheraton Miyako Hotel

I spent the last couple of weeks chronicling my trip on the inaugural 787 Dreamliner flight from BOS to NRT.  I skipped over my actual time in Tokyo because I figured the Dreamliner story was more compelling to airline enthusiasts.  I’m planning to spend…

Mariano Rivera

I hope everyone won’t mind a brief moment to contemplate some sadness in my sports world. I always thought I would be a bit sad to see Mariano Rivera retire.  But in the same sense I thought it would be a happy moment, a…