People & Culture

Kindness: An Irish Blessing

There are some people in this world who are nice because they are taught to be nice to others, and others who are nice because it’s simply their nature. In America, we’re nice – on occasion – because we’re told to be. The Irish are nice because it’s their nature. Let me start by saying [...]

Travel Journal

The View from Flight 132

Remember when we were young and airplanes were a fantasy ride? We idolized the pilots that manned our ship in the sky and when the flight attendants handed us our plastic wings, we felt like one of the crew. Remember when you could walk into the cockpit and meet the pilot? The perfectly-dressed flight attendant [...]

Lifestyle

Baggage.

I was on my way to Europe last month – a trip that had produced the same amount of excitement as it did anxiety. We booked our travels to Paris, Amsterdam and Bruges with anticipation, but only a week after we paid the final amount due, my travel gal pal fell victim to the economy [...]