Maybe, low cost airline FRENCH BEE is back and offering service from the west coast to Orly for as low as $189 one way — with initial service from SFO and soon to add LAX for $279 each way (New York and Newark service coming soon) — check the fine print for add on fees for just about everything — and pack a meal or two in your carry-on!!!
Overheard flight attendant announcement …. “We are starting our descent. Flight attendants please separate all combatants and send them to their designated seats.”
Locals once again pick Golden Gate Park as the City’s favorite park to explore (been around since 1870)— but give yourself time to visit the 3 mile long + 1/2 mile wide “green space” that includes lush gardens, 10 lakes, museums, century old Redwoods (that promises your stress will “float up and away”) and even a bird paddock!!!
Looking for something new and different to do on your next visit to Chicago — how about trying the “UGLY BUILDING” tour??? The tour includes waterfront eyesores, a collection of “ultra-bland buildings” as well as a section of buildings with “sad little balconies” … and don’t forget Harry Caray’s Steakhouse – continuously ugly for 125 years!!!
YUP! Competitive TV Pillow Fighting is the latest sport looking for a pay tv spot and league venues around the USA. With the first event scheduled to take place in Florida in the coming weeks, competitors at the first “official” event will be “armed with queen-size combat pillows made from nylon = ouch!!! Events promise “hard core swinging and feathers flying!!!
Yup, now its bees invading Florida! More than 80,000 of the critters found in the walls of one Florida vacation rental property, and several hotels report similar visitors inside their rooms. Bee safe — listen for walls that buzzzzzzzzz!!!
According to Travel Curmudgeon resources — the 2 most popular foods IN THE WORLD are: Pizza and Pasta!!!
If you get to Auckland, New Zealand any time spoon you might look up “Dug” …. The largest potato in recorded history (according to Guinness) … “Dug” was grown by two Auckland area farmers and weighs in at a whooping 17.2 pounds — wonder how many fries Dug will turn into?
