Just Another Day on United Airlines

After dropping my daughter off at the school bus this morning, I picked my bags up from my house and headed out for another routine flight from IAD to DEN.  This was a rare occasion where my upgrade cleared in plenty of time, and…

41 Hours in Tokyo: Tokyo Dome

Previous posts about my brief trip to Tokyo: Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tsukiji Fish Market Sushi and Beer at 6am Walking Around Tokyo Walking Around Tokyo Part 2 Park Hyatt Tokyo The good folks at the Park Hyatt Tokyo were nice enough to get me…

41 Hours in Tokyo: Walking Around Tokyo Part 2

Previous posts about my brief trip to Tokyo: Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tsukiji Fish Market Sushi and Beer at 6am Walking Around Tokyo Some quick pics of different experiences as I walked around Tokyo: Times Square-like buildings on my way to Imperial Gardens Interesting idea…

41 Hours In Tokyo: Walking Around Tokyo

Previous posts about my brief trip to Tokyo: Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tsukiji Fish Market Sushi and Beer at 6am After sushi and beer, Charlie and I decided to go see the Imperial Gardens.  It turned out to be a fairly easy walk from the…

41 Hours in Tokyo: Sushi and Beer at 6am

Previous posts about my short stop in Tokyo: Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tsukiji Fish Market After finishing the tour of the tuna auction, it was time to find a sushi restaurant!  Since I spoke virtually no Japanese, it was tough to ask directions.  I knew…

41 Hours in Tokyo: Tsukiji Fish Market

This is my second post about my recent trip to Tokyo on the inaugural Dreamliner flight from BOS-NRT.  You can see the previous posts here: Sheraton Miyako Hotel The Tuskiji fish market is the largest in the world.  Here’s a quick picture from above…

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41 Hours In Tokyo: Sheraton Miyako Hotel

I spent the last couple of weeks chronicling my trip on the inaugural 787 Dreamliner flight from BOS to NRT.  I skipped over my actual time in Tokyo because I figured the Dreamliner story was more compelling to airline enthusiasts.  I’m planning to spend…

Mariano Rivera

I hope everyone won’t mind a brief moment to contemplate some sadness in my sports world. I always thought I would be a bit sad to see Mariano Rivera retire.  But in the same sense I thought it would be a happy moment, a…