I have an admission – sometimes I call out fellow passengers for breaking the rules. Maybe it’s the former flight attendant in me, or maybe I’m just a rule-follower or a chicken shit, but there is no way I’m going to let someone endanger my life just so I can be a good neighbor. Of [...]
“Friendly Skies”
March 28, 2011 by
As a huge fan of NPR (radio doesn’t get better than WHYY), I was thrilled to have my short story read on-air and posted online by the judges of All Things Considered’s writing contest. There are so many fantastic stories this round that I am truly honored to be in such great company.
When Working at Home Doesn't Mean Home
March 18, 2011 by
Although I had plenty of work to do, I jumped at a last minute trip to Puerto Rico. My husband was sent there to support President Obama’s trip to South America, and thanks to spring break, all rooms in San Juan were full. Lucky for him, that meant a stay at a nice resort on [...]
Train Travel: Low Speed Luxury
March 14, 2011 by
American efforts to revive leisure train travel have failed dismally, with luxury rail tours launching and suspending service every few years. Internationally, however, the art of old-fashioned rail culture is alive and well, and we’re not just talking Eurail. Top-of-the-line trains – often billed as “hotels on wheels” or “overland cruises” – operate in almost [...]
Modern Love
March 14, 2011 by
Check out my Modern Love piece in The New York Times. How I Earned My Wings Back I GOT married a few months ago, but my husband — a proud Air Force pilot from a small town in Georgia — doesn’t know how we met. Rather, he doesn’t know the path that led me to [...]
LA Times
March 12, 2011 by
Check out my essay in the Los Angeles Times: There is an aspect of air travel that we’re likely to be putting out of our minds — pilots asleep at the yoke and flight attendants so tired their mental states can be likened to a drunken stupor. Most Americans are protected by the Fair Labor [...]
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