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.

Giants to Play Dallas

The Giants have been flexed to the Sunday night game against Dallas. This is turning out to be a big game. No Brandon Jacobs, and potentially no Domenik Hixon. We’re not good enough to steamroll teams without our strongest running back and two of…

Governor of Illinois-One More Thing

I’m not trying to sling mud. But I’m sitting here watching coverage on Hardball about Blagojevich. Everyone is going out of their way to comment on the fact that Obama wouldn’t let him anywhere near him. They quietly kept him off the stage in…

Governor of Illinois Going To Jail

It’s been widely reported that the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is heading to jail. This had me laughing uncontrollably this morning. I was watching Hardball last night when it was discussed that he was demanding Bank of America to reinstate a line of…

David Gregory New Moderator of Meet The Press

A nod to David for sending me the official announcement. This has been rumored for some time, with Andrea Mitchell, Gwen Ifill and Chuck Todd listed as top contenders. I would have been fine with Andrea, maybe even Chuck, although I think he isn’t…

Deep Run at Venetian

After landing in Vegas midday on Wednesday, I went over to Bellagio to sweat Russell in a $5K event that he had made the final table of. He busted 7th after getting a bit unlucky. With no other work projects to handle, I decided…

The Significance of 60

Saxby Chambliss defeated Jim Martin this evening in the Georgia Senate run-off. Read about it in the NY Times here. Chambliss, a Republican, assured that Democrats would not reach a 60 member filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. I think it’s interesting to note that…

Giants Sweep Skins

The Giants went into FedEx Field on Sunday, and came out with the best record in the NFC still intact. It was a nasty weather day, but Eli Manning looked really good throwing the ball. Other than a pretty dismal 2-minute drill at the…

Chris Matthews Running for Senate?

fivethirtyeight.com, which did an excellent job covering the 2008 Presidential campaign, is reporting Chris Matthews is gearing up for a Senate run. Read about it here. Not sure how I feel about this. Those who know me are aware of the fact that I…

More Free Airline Miles

My friend, Randy Petersen, one of the most respected travel gurus in the free world, has started a site to earn free miles: http://www.e-miles.com The purpose of the site is to earn a small amount of miles reading advertisements, then transfer these to an…