Last year during Affiliate Summit West, I blogged about my experience at the Rio All Suites Hotel in Las Vegas. If you read that post, you can see by the picture on the right that not much has changed in terms of house-keeping, or retrieval of room service accoutrements. When I arrived on Saturday afternoon, there were 2 glasses outside the door to my room, which is where they stayed until … [Read more...]
T@B Snags
May 9, 2009 By 4 Comments
As much as we love our perfect little T@B trailer... to be honest, it's not exactly perfect. Window Scratches The first thing we noticed shortly after we got it home, were the scratches on all the windows. My assumption is that during the 'detailing' job at the dealership, they weren't sufficiently soaked to get rid of the winter dirt before rubbing commenced. Disappearing Trim Shortly after … [Read more...]
United Airlines Soft on Safety
February 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
On February 23rd, I traveled from Chicago to Vancouver on United Airlines 1119, an Airbus 319. On final approach into Vancouver, the flight attendants came by for a visual inspection to ensure that passengers were belted in, seat backs were in the upright position and (I assume) to make sure that carry-on items were stowed properly. I signaled to the flight attendant that the backpack stowed … [Read more...]
Great News about Fuel Surcharges?
September 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I received an email from Air Canada yesterday that included the following statement: "Great news. The fuel surcharge is now included in all our North America fares." GREAT news? Who are they trying to kid? Especially since Westjet announced yesterday afternoon that it will no longer collect one-way fuel surcharges of $20 for short haul, $30 for medium and $45 for longer flights. On a brighter … [Read more...]
Wasting Energy: How Penticton Celebrates Earth Day
April 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It is Earth Day and I am appalled and disgusted by the complete lack of regard that the both the City of Penticton and a local baseball league has for both the environment and city taxpayers. The rest of this post has moved to http://rosology.com/wasting-energy-how-penticton-celebrates-earth-day. … [Read more...]
