May 9th, 2008
Today’s question, from Jon at The DC Traveler, is somewhat tongue in cheek and a bit of a challenge to all the bloggers in the Travel & Culture Channel:
Q. What would be the quintessential (tongue-in-cheek) cocktail for a Flight Attendant?
A. As tongue in-cheek as I’m sure the rest of our bloggers will be, here’s […]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 3 comments
May 1st, 2008
As a travel blogger, I try to keep up on what’s going on the this industry. Where are the hot new places to go? What old favorites are still holding up as destinations?
I’m continually making and re-making a wish list of where I’d like to go — a never ending process.
Today, I share […]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 5 comments
March 27th, 2008
Hello there Fly Away Cafe readers. I’m Jennifer.
Mary Jo nicely asked me to guest post while she’s away in Italy. I’d rather be in Italy. Wouldn’t you? I did accept because I love when people owe me favors - just kidding, actually I love to travel, and I love learning about other places; places far […]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 3 comments
March 16th, 2008
In my blog posts, I frequently share with you what I see out of my hotel window — beautiful beaches, the ocean, a storm brewing, a majestic skyline, or simply some architecture or flora that may have caught my attention. I share with you what I am looking at as I travel around the […]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 2 comments
March 6th, 2008
Take a look at this roller coaster — “The Dark Knight Coaster” — set to open later this spring at three Six Flags Parks.
The indoor roller coaster ride is based on the upcoming Warner Bros. movie, The Dark Knight, featuring Batman and The Joker. You can enjoy the thrills of an adventure ride and fight […]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 0 comments
February 2nd, 2008
At sunrise this morning, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, a furry little critter by the name of Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.
Amid much hoopla and fanfare, this proclamation was read:
As I look around me, a bright sky I see, and a shadow beside me.Six more weeks of winter it will be!
That’s right — six more weeks […]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 2 comments
January 27th, 2008
Bing, bing, bing. . . the bells, whistles, and bumpers of pinballs fill the air at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, while on display is the world’s largest pinball collection.
Established as a non-for-profit corporation, the museum showcases games from the 60’s to the present. It’s pure pinball, so deposit your coin […]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 1 comment
January 15th, 2008
Not that you’d ever have a little too much to drink while traveling, but should that happen, the bar that used these cocktail napkins might provide you a leg up in getting back to your hotel.
At the beginning of the evening you can grab one, fill out the box labeled “Please take me home […]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 2 comments
January 13th, 2008
Sometimes odd things catch my eye, and then I can’t get them out of my mind — no matter how hard I try. That’s sort of been the case with the Giant Baked Potato at the Idaho Potato Museum (formerly known as the Idaho Potato Expo) in Blackfoot, Idaho.
While I like a spud as […]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 1 comment
January 12th, 2008
“Hawaiian Eye” was a television series that ran from 1959 - 1963, and starred Robert Conrad and Anthony Eisley as crime fighting detectives in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The detectives hung out at the Shell Bar, where at least once an episode that ran into “Cricket,” a singer and photographer at the bar played by Connie Stevens. […]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 1 comment
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