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.

Catching Up On Grand Cayman

We had pretty cruddy internet service in Grand Cayman, hence the lack of posts so far on our trip.  As I’m away traveling on business, I’ll break our trip down into a few smaller posts with pictures over the next couple of days. All…

Dulles (IAD) AeroTrain Pics-Now Open!

I can’t imagine anyone actually still reads my blog, due to all the SPAM. I can’t tell you I have a good solution, other than daily e-mails to Google and changing my password to something the Pentagon can’t break. And yet, more SPAM this…

Stupid Politician Tricks

This is not a knock on the Democratic party, since the last time a politician said something this stupid was Republican George Allen calling a rival’s intern macaca on video. Martha Coakley is locked in a ferocious battle for Ted Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts….

Special Interests Alive and Well

While I’m sure members of the Democratic party have really good reasons, I hope my friends who vote the left side of the ticket will agree that one of the latest changes to health insurance legislation really just isn’t right. This article in the…

Bellagio-Something I’ve Never Heard Of

So, a friend of mine, Russell Rosenblum, is playing in a rebuy poker tournament in the Five Diamond Poker Classic at Bellagio right now. He called me to relay a story I’ve honestly never witnessed. I’m sure it’s happened before, but it’s a bit…