You can get enough miles for a domestic award travel ticket reward by spending $500 at Skymall.com - today only (September 1, 2010)! Chances are you would likely spend that much on the airfare anyway - but at least this way you can get some other gadgets and gifts (Christmas is around the corner) for free! This is one of those great deals that I find too hard to pass up. Let's just say you were in the market to buy Skymiles - it would of cost you $700 to buy the miles directly from Delta.com (... Read More

Buy.com is offering 82% off the retail price for this little mobile office through their site and Amazon.com for a limited time with FREE shipping! This bag fits up to 15” laptops, and - this is the big thing - considered airport checkpoint friendly, as it is designed so that it will produce a clear and unobstructed image of the laptop when undergoing X-ray screening. It is the ultimate laptop mobile organizer and mobile platform for easy travel whether it is across the street or across the... Read More

I'm in an area where there are absolutely no Jewish Delis, at all, for miles. This is more of a hardship than you might think. There are, supposedly, bagels and bialys to be had, but thus far the Northwest idea of a bagel has been unimpressive. That said, I have discovered what is locally called a deli, but that honestly, is also at least 50% bistro. The "Old World" in their name is the dead give away. It really is an "old world" style deli and bistro. Read More

In the off chance you missed my post about the $100 per way pet fee Alaska Airlines charges you can take a gander here. Wasn't that a pleasant, thought out letter to asking for a meaningful address my issue? Did my letter look like I used a "form letter" or a "bulk response"? It is a shame that a "bulk response" is what I got back! They must have missed my other post about How to Make it in Customer Service. I can tell they did because of the use of a "bulk response" - and if your going to use... Read More

I was blessed to see Cher live in fabulous Las Vegas this past May - it was my birthday present and one that I will never forget. The show basically went through her life in video and song - with many (many) wonderful costume changes. It was a pretty indescribable experience but I will do my best to sum it all up for you without making you too jealous. Read More

What stop in the Napa Valley would be complete without checking out downtown? With scores of stores, art, restaurants, hotels, and wine tasting rooms (18 or so are concentrated here) - this is the place to go to experience it all. You can try food and drinks that are made entirely out of fresh local ingredients in one of the most recognized wine regions in the world. Downtown is where all of the great things about the Napa Valley collide - the people, wine, and the culture. Don't know where to... Read More

Goosecross Cellars is a quiet, cozy, and family-run winery in Napa Valley. It has a felling of home - perhaps because there is family home right on the property! The tasting area is very intimate, there is a large counter where you can see the offerings and on the opposite side there are the actual barrells of wine being created - which is pretty neat! The service is fantastic and everyone there is really nice. I tried a large selection of what they had to offer and my favorite was the '05... Read More

If your going to Napa there are a couple of places you will want to check out - and the Consentino Winery is definitely one of them. Cosentino Winery produces approximately 12,000 cases of wine per year, handcrafted from the wineries’ Yountville and Pope Valley Estates as well as from many of the same “Estate” grape sources that Mitch has maintained throughout the Napa Valley for nearly 20 years. Cosentino Winery’s stellar vineyard sources and relationships are a major factor in sustaining... Read More

Have you found that some of your "orphan" air miles are expiring and you have no ability (or want) to use them up on travel? Maybe you have numerous accounts at different airlines because you have a fear of commitment and theres like 3000 miles at each of them? Perhaps you have found a new favorite airline to fly with and you have no need for the other loyalty programs? Think your SOL? Think again! For some time now airlines have been offering us the ability to use our unwanted miles torwards... Read More