Effective October 30, 2014, Starwood will no longer be affiliated with the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, FL. I was majorly bummed when I read this news on One Mile at a Time. I had read about the sale of the property recently but didn’t…
It seems that the generosity of my readers continues…. Reader David H. (who also happens to be my best friend) read about my anonymous reader who pledged his United beverage vouchers, and decided to offer up 10 United Airlines beverage vouchers for me to…
I was nominated a couple of days ago by Randy Petersen to take the popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. For those newsletter subscribers reading this, you’ll need to click through to see the embedded videos. I just had surgery and needed to get something…
Since I’m still typing one-handed it’s tougher to bang out longer posts. To keep things fun, I figured I’d give away a $5 Starbucks gift card per my ongoing Tweet A Coffee adventure. So, tweet your caption suggestions for the picture of our puppy…
Apologies for the lack of posts over the past few days. I had minor surgery on my elbow Wednesday, so I’m typing one-handed with my left hand (and I’m a righty). Someone with more free time might have gotten a bunch of posts written…
There were plenty of people who participated in my first Starbucks giveaway via “Tweet A Coffee”. #pizzacoffee wasn’t quite popular enough to be trending on Twitter but we did have a few fun comments: I plan to continue handing out Starbucks on a weekly…
I recently ran into an organization that has an interesting mission to help people with cancer. The best way to describe it is a sort of “Make a Wish” for folks like you and me. But, it’s a bit more nuanced than that. I’ve…
Good news, bad news. For those that were targeted, there’s a pretty lucrative Hyatt Gold Passport promotion out for the fall. I was targeted, and the promo looks as follows: It’s a stacking promo similar to ones that Hyatt has run in the…
And, of course a whole bunch of people just said, duh. This really does fall into the topic of common sense. Airlines will send out announcements about fare sales through newsletters, so it’s always a good thing to be subscribed to your favorite airline’s…
Venture Beat doesn’t think so, and I’m not 100% sure they’re wrong. But, before I discuss the article, a little background on why someone allergic to social media like me became a Foursquare nut. A few years ago, a company called TopGuest came up…