National Pastry Day is tomorrow! Are any of your favorite pastry shops celebrating? If not, maybe they don’t know it’s their special day. You should definitely tell them because there might just be something extra in it for you! Continue reading
’Tis the season to eat, drink — and do etymology! If you’re like me and combine your love of travel with loving to eat, you’ll enjoy this story. Actually, I find the whole topic of language and the origin of words and phrases (especially about food) fascinating. Whether you enjoy Danish pastry, cobbler, Crêpes suzette or sometimes having to eat your words, have fun with this article.
Jet lag is a subject I find myself talking about. Perhaps it’s because coincidentally I have two friends who both returned from trips to Asia and are suffering through some serious jet lag right now. Recently I had a travel experience I’ve never had before……..an easy jet lag! I mean like no jet lag after a long travel day of three flights and a 16 hour time difference. It was really something, and I realized a few important things.
Updated at 7:30pm PT on 12/4: I updated the post, provided links to some of the topics I mentioned in the podcast, and added feedback from my parents after they listened to the podcast…
Good evening everyone. A few days ago, I wrote My Latest Obsession: Listening to BoardingArea Bloggers on NowBoarding Podcast. After that post went live, I reached out to Ed from Pizza in Motion and we made plans for my NowBoarding podcast. Fast forward to today and my podcast is now live and you can listen to it here. The recording is 26 minutes long. Here are some of the topics I mentioned on the podcast:
Updated at 10:50am PT on 12/5: According to the New York Times, Netflix paid $100 million to keep “Friends” for 1 more year. That is the power that “Friends” fans have over Netflix.
Good morning everyone. I am not sure if you heard the 2 big stories that broke Monday morning: Netflix was planning on removing the TV show “Friends” from their service beginning January 1 and American Express announced BIG changes to the American Express Business Platinum Charge Card. Not surprising, Netflix users freaked out and started complaining on Facebook and Twitter. Here are a few complaints from this USA Today article. After a few hours, Netflix reversed course and granted users’ wishes: “Friends” would be on Netflix through 2019. That’s one win for the little guys! But what about the second big story from Monday?
