Looking for a job? But you don’t want to get trapped in a cubicle? I’ve got just the thing, provided you have a partner with whom you get along very well. Oh, and one of you has to have a valid U.S. Coast Guard commercial operator’s license for a boat carrying at least six...
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Naked unrest is stirring on the streets of San Francisco. Specifically, the Castro district where a group of dedicated nudists known as the naked guys are prompting complaints from the clothed community. To the point that city officials are considering a ban on public nudity. There’s no particular law against walking around in the...
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Are toddlers toxic? You might think so from some recent news reports. Malaysia Airlines has banned babies from some first-class cabins. And a Pittsburgh, Pa., restaurant made the news when it put the kibosh on kids under 6. Hard to pick a side on this one. On the one hand, yeah, I’ve been in...
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Ready to fly the food-friendly skies? If you’re lucky enough to fly Delta Airlines BusinessElite class you’ll be getting food created in partnership with the Napa Valley’s Chef Michael Chiarello starting in September. The menus will be served on domestic flights connecting New York’s JFK airport with LA and San Francisco and some of...
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You’ve probably heard that Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to put it formally, are visiting California this week, which is causing a moderate flurry of excitement. But it doesn’t look like much of a vacation to me. No Disneyland, no wine country, no Homes of the Stars! tour,...
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Having recently visited Monaco I’ve been following news of the upcoming royal wedding there with some interest. And what an interesting story it is. According to the French news magazine L’Express, the royal bride-to-be, former Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock, recently was stopped at the Nice airport trying to go home to South Africa after...
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Internet travel deals site TripAlertz.com wants to send Charlie Sheen into space. Or Lady Gaga, Stephen Colbert or one of a host of other celebrities. The occasion is their promotional endeavor offering a free trip into space to a member of the public to commemorate the launch of the site. The winner of that...
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