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My review of Song Airlines (Delta’s low cost subsidiary)

My former colleague, Mark Jen, recently wrote about his rather positive experience flying Song Air, the discount wing of Delta Airlines... and this reminded me that I hadn't gotten around to the review I had planned to write last month.

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- Blathered by Adam on Friday, October 21, 2005 at 19:51 Permalink
- Filed under travel
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Pricey hotels… sometimes you DON’T get what you pay for

A few weeks ago, I decided to splurge and book a night at a "four star" hotel via Priceline so I could get a good night's rest before taking a long bus ride to Swing Out New Hampshire.

If this Hilton Hotel in Manhattan is four stars, I'd hate to see what a one star place is like.

Okay, so I got at least the 'bare minimums':
- A clean room
- A decent shower
- A relatively comfortable bed

But beyond that... I fail to see why anyone would pay an arm and a leg to enjoy the "four star'ness" of this hotel.

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- Blathered by Adam on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 4:16 Permalink
- Filed under business and consumers • travel
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Delightful, quirky travel journal - have a look

My Australian friend Alicja has been keeping a charming blog (with pictures!) detailing her travels around the world. Since I haven't had time to write much interesting stuff lately, I'd like to send you on over her way. I was particularly amused by her ruminations on America

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Oh, and hey, please don't forget to come back here eventually!

- Blathered by Adam on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 16:27 Permalink
- Filed under travel
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Big, Friendly Austin, Texas

It figures that in Austin, Texas, even the graffiti is big and friendly.

Edited on January 11, 2003 to add:
Wow, little did I know that this picture above was the soon-to-be-famous Frog Mural!

- Blathered by Adam on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 15:48 Permalink
- Filed under photography • society • travel
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A fascinating look at Morocco

My friend Abeth, who is American with Egyptian heritage, recently spent many months teaching and traveling around Morocco, and with her permission, I've decided to share some of her observations with you.

As I've noted before here, everything you see (aside from quotes) on BLADAM is my own writing unless I note otherwise, and I do hope you don't mind the occasional 'guest columnists'

And now... on with Abeth's comments!
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- Blathered by Adam on Monday, September 29, 2003 at 1:20 Permalink
- Filed under society • travel
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I can breathe clearly now, the smoke is gone

In a shock to smokers and anti-smoking advocates alike, Ireland's government has announced a ban on smoking in pubs, effective January 2004.

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- Blathered by Adam on Friday, January 31, 2003 at 6:07 Permalink
- Filed under happy body • society • law • people and relationships • travel
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Colorful food in Brussels, Belgium

Food that is tempting to touch and taste that I discovered in one of the main squares of beautiful Brussels, Belgium during a visit in 1998.

- Blathered by Adam on Monday, January 27, 2003 at 8:37 Permalink
- Filed under happy body • food and nutrition • photography • travel
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Enjoying a sunny weekend in Rome

A few years ago, I got an internship in Germany, and -- eager to use my 3 month unlimited Eurail pass as much and as soon as possible -- I decided to take a weekend trip to Rome (why Rome? I don't recall, actually).

With none of my fellow interns willing to tag along with me, I braved my first big train trip alone. I managed to get frightfully lost there because I was stupid and cheap and relied upon a free "Map of Rome" that was sponsored by McDonald's of all places.

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- Blathered by Adam on Friday, January 24, 2003 at 4:02 Permalink
- Filed under photography • travel
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The culture of Korea

[ Though written in May of 2001, I think my friend Tamara's list of observations on her visit to Korea is interesting and certainly relevant today, given the prominence of Korea in the news. I normally include in this blog only stuff I have written personally, but I feel this is a worthy exception. -- Adam]

A QUICK PROFILE OF SOUTH KOREA

- high cell phone usage; cells provided mainly by a company called Cyon;
most rings are answered immediately with no apology (incl. in restaurants,
in the middle of conversations, in bathrooms, and on subways)

- most kids have desktop computers with a DSL connection (unlike Japan,
where people surf the web and answer email on their cell phones)

- appearance is extremely important, esp. perfectly unblemished and light skin

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- Blathered by Adam on Thursday, January 9, 2003 at 6:39 Permalink
- Filed under society • people and relationships • travel
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Parking, Europe-style

Gotta hand it to those direct Irish folk. There's certainly no ambiguity about THIS space.

And speaking of parking: Every time I return to Europe, I'm still both amused by and fascinated with the European style of parking. Given the narrow streets throughout much of Europe, people park with one side of their car up on the sidewalks... and though usually the curbs aren't too stepp, I've nonetheless gotten used to a *JOLT* right before parking.

In France -- or at least in Paris when I visit one of my friends -- there's also the "touchy feely" form of parallel parking. This involves repeatedly hitting the bumper of the car in front of you and in back of you until you get your car in perfectly with just a millimeter or two of space on either side.

Luckily, given the very long lunches and other breaks the French seem to take, there's likely no sense of urgency for folks to maneuver out of their parking spots, so I'm assuming that trapped Frenchies -- spotting their closed-in cars -- barely blink, and simply have another drink or cigarette or both. C'est la vie!

- Blathered by Adam on Thursday, January 2, 2003 at 4:33 Permalink
- Filed under photography • travel • wackiness
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