Tag: Los Angeles International Airport

New Zealand: Day 15 – A Very, Very, Very Long Travel Day

The day started at 4:00am. Ug! Things went fairly close to script. My bag was lighter returning home than going. How the bag became lighter is beyond me. I added a stuffed, plush, Kiwi, who, having heard so much about him, wanted to meet The Pinkerton back in the states. Much to my disappointment, I was unable to sleep on… Continue reading

Taxi Magic

Travel a lot?  Frequently call a taxi? Taxi Magic may just be the app for you! I needed to call a taxi for a trip to LAX.  I went online to lookup the number for Yellow Taxi and found this app:  Taxi Magic.  I downloaded it from iTunes.  Used it.  Loved it! Setup your account.  The app automatically locates you… Continue reading

Under Siege!

We have had 4 days of heavy, solid rain here in the Los Angeles area—totally out of the ordinary for paradise. What’s interesting is this is like snow in Atlanta. The city starts to fall apart. They can’t cope with rain since it never happens. Of the 6 elevators in the building I was in today, only 2 were working!… Continue reading

Utterly Shocking!

Image by Getty Images via @daylife AT&T promises that they have 97.7% of people in the US “covered.”  In their commercials they paint the whole country with Cingular‘s adopted orange color.  (They bought out Cingular and chose to keep Cingular’s marketing colors as the tired AT&T blue color had become a potent reminder of how horrid AT&T is.  You know,… Continue reading