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.

It’s McCain

There are some that will say I made my mind up a long time ago. I didn’t. I did, however, make up my mind last night. I’m voting for McCain. In the end, I never really listened to something Obama said and nodded my…

Learned Something New About McCain Today

From FactCheck.com: Obama: Celling McCain Short Any ad that features the mom of a sick child is sure to pull a few heartstrings. But this radio spot is flat wrong when it says that “John McCain has stood in the way – he’s opposed…

Obama’s 30-Minute Infommercial

Well produced. Still have no idea how he plans to accomplish all of his goals, which constitute a lengthy list. Some of the ones I find hard to fathom: Cut taxes for all families who make less than $200K. Freeze foreclosures for 90 days….

Vegas

I’ve been in Vegas on business since Thursday, and haven’t stopped moving since. Thursday started with an early morning flight from the East Coast, a 6:00pm dinner meeting followed by a 9:30pm dinner meeting. I finally had some time to play poker on Saturday,…

Update

Been traveling the last few days. David was released from the hospital a few hours after my last post on Wednesday. Just antibiotics to clear up pneumonia, no blood clots. A welcome relief. More to follow later….

David Update

Don’t you love it when doctors agree? David is feeling much better. The chest pain has resided, and he is noticeably more animated. But his doctors can’t agree on what ails him. The pulmonologist and infectious disease specialist both agree on a rare strain…

David’s In The Hospital

For those of you that know me personally, you know David has been my best friend for my entire adult life, dating back to our days together at Osborn school in the 3rd grade. Well, David returned from a business trip on Thursday and…

Will the New BlackBerry Create a Storm?

Okay, a bit punny, but BlackBerry is about to release it’s first device to compete directly with the iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm. What does this mean for veteran BlackBerry users? Well, that depends on why you like your BlackBerry. The Storm features a touchscreen…

AA Buys Boeing Dreamliners

I’ve been a lifelong AA flier, accruing almost 2 million lifetime miles. So, when I got an e-mail from AA a couple of days ago saying they had secured a bunch of options on the Boeing 787-9, I was elated. First, the Dreamliner has…

Let’s Go Giants!

There were a couple of spots where we didn’t play as good as we could have, but the G-Men played fairly impressive throughout. A safety at the end sealed a convincing win against the 49ers. While the Redskins narrowly avoided losing to the Browns,…