Corndogs + Avocados

I bought a universal adapter off the internet a few days ago from a company called Overseas Best Buy based in Illinois. The adapter is manufactured by a Taiwanese company called WONPRO and as is often the case with products manufactured in non-English speaking countries there are some errors with the English translation on the [...]

It’s fun to see the picture of the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton National Park in Alberta, Canada on the home page of National Geographic Expeditions.

I visited Waterton every summer during my childhood and loved climbing Bear’s Hump, camping, hiking up Red Rock Canyon, visiting Cameron Falls and Cameron Lake.
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Many of you know I have been working tirelessly on a private jet program which I am happy to report departed successfully Monday from Miami International Airport. The program is called Nine World Wonders by Private Jet and the full itinerary is online along with a daily trip report.
The private jet is operated by Icelandair [...]

I went to Iceland last week for work. It’s a grueling schedule that begins with a taxi ride to O’hare around noon Wednesday, followed by a 2.5 hour flight to Boston (my first ever) to connect with an Icelandair flight to Keflavik airport (50 km/31 miles southwest of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik). The timezone in Iceland [...]

My neice Madi & just finished dancing in front of the TV with Barbie & the Twelve Dancing Princesses. I didn’t even know there were such things as Barbie DVDs. Anyway, I was busily reading some forgettable website when Madi came up to me and said “Uncle Darin come dance with me!”. So I did. [...]

The worst part about going home for Christmas is saying goodbye to everyone when it’s all over. I had a FANTASTIC time eating, playing cards, eating, playing cards, eating & playing cards with the extended family. I miss them already.
The Oakland airport was overrun with Christmas travelers headed home. I arrived to pax lined up [...]