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Finding the Muse on Frontier Airlines
Take-off is awe-some every time. The acceleration, faster than my little human body has ever felt, the ache to levitate, the feeling of floating when the wheels finally leave the tarmac, the astonishment that I’m no longer bound to ground, that me – little old me! — can defy gravity, and on a budget…
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10 Reasons to Fly From/To Long Beach Airport (LGB)
Did you know that Long Beach Airport (LGB) is California’s oldest airport? Neither did I. Once you visit though, you’ll realize why this roost for restless planes has survived for more than a century. It makes 21st-century flying easy – like the good old days. And that’s not just because the circa-1940 terminal still…
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Never Ever Rent from Atlanta Airport Thrifty Car Rental
On the cusp of Memorial Day weekend, “B” and I landed at the sprawling Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). Surprisingly, our Frontier flight screeched to a stop right on time. Even if we dawdled on the long haul through the world’s busiest airport to the Thrifty at the rental car center, we’d still have…
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Casa Palma Hotel: After Bare Booties, A Rare Palm Springs Beauty
On its website, Casa Palma Hotel & Bungalows describes itself as a “Boutique Palm Springs Resort with a Racquet, Swim & Social Club.” It also coyly explains that it was “originally crafted as a secluded playground for 1940’s Hollywood megastar, Errol Flynn, and is now being opened to the general public for the first…