Big thanks to Scott Mayerowitz for his AP article, which appeared in a number of places today. A quick snippet: There are people who grew up wanting to be Mickey Mantle. They go to Yankees fantasy camp. Others dream of playing Carnegie Hall….
Quick tutorial. For those that don’t know, Foursquare is a social networking/community site. Or, at least that’s the best way I can sum it up. As a Facebook idiot, I’m a bit unintelligent about such matters. Foursquare is an extension of sorts for the…
Everyone suspected the Yankees would move quickly to sign a lefty DH after they got rid of AJ Burnett. The Yankees signed Raul Ibanez yesterday (probably won’t be official until today). Raul Ibanez is a serviceable 40-year old lefty who can probably still play…
Combine this post with the last few hotel reviews, and it looks like I’m slumming it! I’ve flown Southwest in the past. But, it’s only out of necessity. I don’t view Southwest like Spirit Airlines. My sister loves Spirit. I would never fly them. …
For those that don’t follow Hyatt closely, Hyatt announced an acquisition about 9 months ago that included 17 limited-service/extended stay properties that were previously labeled Hotel Sierra. I’m not a big fan of limited-service properties, which you can’t tell since my last two posts…
The Freddie Awards are back! I was involved with the Frequent Traveler Awards last year, which took over for the Freddie Awards when Randy Petersen decided to retire them after 20 years. This year, the Freddie Awards are back, aiming for over a million…
Back in the early 90s, I was a Mac guy while in high school and college. I graduated college thinking that Apple products would be everywhere. At my first job in the workforce, I realized that was not the case. Nobody was developing business…
I applied for the Citi Executive Card a few months after it came out. Not all of the benefits applied to me, but there was enough there to warrant me applying. Shortly thereafter, Citi announced it would no longer be continuing the AA debit…
As reported by 744 on Milepoint, United is doing away with the annual purchase option for Economy Plus seats. 744 is also the author of Lufthansa Flyer, an informative travel blog. I wrote recently how I felt about United’s changes to it’s elite program….
A few years ago, it sure looked like the Yankees farm system was going to cement our starting rotation for the next 8 or 10 years. We introduced 3 young fireball pitchers, all with a ton of moxie: Ian Kennedy Joba Chamberlain Phil Hughes…