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.

The Love (and Loss) of a Pet

My best friend had to put down one of his twin cats this morning after a 2 year battle with end-stage kidney failure. It was a painful set of circumstances, one that made me want to give our dog, Serena, a big hug last…

SPAM Post

Not sure what happened, but for those that follow my blog, some spam got posted to it late last night. I’ve sent an e-mail to Blogger about it to figure out what happened. Sorry for the unitended (and unexplained) SPAM.

In Fond Memory of Roy Geddes

My mother’s side of the family is from Nova Scotia, just outside of Halifax. As kids, my sister and I spent many a summer (and a few winters) there with our extended family. We had 5 aunts(Emily, Gloria, Fran, Rose, Laverne) and two uncles…

A Brief Moment

I hope all 3 of you reading will indulge me for a brief moment. Those of you that we call family already know most of this story. We lived in a nice neighborhood the last 5 years or so. Or, so we thought. Ever…

a cat food advertisement on a door

St. Regis Washington DC

My wife and I enjoyed a night at The St. Regis in DC last night, thanks to the free weekends promotion Starwood ran this summer. Due to the promo and a bunch of travel, I ended up using my free rooms at: Sheraton Commander…

Derek Jeter: Greatest Yankee Ever?

Derek Jeter broke Lou Gehrig’s record for most hits by a Yankee tonight. Lou Gehrig had 2,721 hits as a Yankee. Jeter now sits at 2,722. So, it seemed like a good time to analyze where Jeter sits in Yankee history, even though he’s…

Tons of Priority Club Points

Kudos to my flying buddy gleff for notification on this lucrative Priority Club promo. He covered this recently on his blog. For those that don’t know, Priority Club is the loyalty program for Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Intercontinental, etc. They have a lot of…

Family Reunion: Hershey Park

Still running VERY far behind on updates. Two or three weeks ago, we had a mini family reunion at Hershey Park. Casts in this movie were my cousin Serena and her husband Ron, as well as my cousin Tom, his wife Nicole, and his…