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.

AA And Jet Blue Get Closer

Take a gander at this press release from AA. I was pretty happy to hear that AA and JetBlue were teaming up when it was announced a few months ago.  I wasn’t really all that excited about the interline agreement, since I didn’t plan…

Why I Converted to Hyatt

I’ve been a loyal supporter of Starwood for a number of years, racking up hundreds of stays.  I truly believe the Starpoint is the most valuable currency in the loyalty world.  I can use it to stay at world class properties (see St. Regis…

Tour De France Final Thoughts

The winners of each of the competitions were: Yellow Jersey-Alberto Contador.  Andy Schleck gave him a run for the money going down the stretch.  I would expect Andy to be even stronger next year, especially with his brother, Frank, by his side again.  I’m…

Jay Mariotti Is An Idiot

No real shock here.  Thanks to a family member for pointing out a post Jay made on his blog about Lance Armstrong.  Jay basically spent 15 paragraphs or so trashing Armstrong on multiple fronts. Mariotti decided to beat the over-beaten “Lance must have taken…

Family Vacation: Cruise

This will hopefully be the first of a few posts about our recent cruise vacation in the Mexican Riviera.  We were one short of a baker’s dozen, including my father and Barrie, my cousin Serena and her husband Ron, and my great friend Stefan…

Tour de Lance: The End of an Era?

You had to figure it would catch up with Lance at some point.  Cycling is a fairly dangerous sport, but Lance had managed to avoid accidents and spills for years.  He’s definitely had his share of good luck. Yesterday’s mountain stage was devastating for…

Tour de France: Stage 7

The first mild mountain stage caused the expected shakeup in the peloton yesterday.  No big changes amongst the main contenders for the overall classification. Interesting comment I heard yesterday.  When Lance got his flat tire on the cobblestones, he was over a minute ahead…

I Love Flying

Don’t get me wrong.  Having to leave my family every Monday and get on a plane sucks.  But, the actual experience of flying is one I treasure.  Sitting at 38366 feet over Albuquerque right now (according to Jet Blue), and I know I’m overstating…

Tour de France: Another Day For Sprinters

In the longest stage of the Tour de France, the sprinters reigned supreme again.  From Montargis to Gueugnon, it was a fairly peaceful 200km+ ride.  In the end, Mark Cavendish again showed how powerful his sprinting is, and how good of a leadout man…