WOW. Facebook reminded me that 6-years ago, today, I caught a red-eye flight that ended up putting a detour in front of my vision of the future. The picture is from the day I departed, while I was running around sunny San Diego on my bicycle. Many friends didn't know...
The week started in Bangkok, finishing up an epic two-week trip that allowed me to explore new opportunities throughout Asia. Days before the flights back to San Francisco, I mapped out the perfect plan to transition back into the Pacific Time Zone with zero pain. There was the layover in...
I'm torn. My 3rd favorite airline plans to marry my 2nd favorite airline... they have very different cultures, aircraft fleets, strategies, and different passengers. Alaska will gain an SFO base, a smaller LAX base, a whole different fleet of planes (increasing maintenance costs), new routes, new employees, and will be...
For the past 2 years, in June, I spend 7-days riding my bicycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles. I know, why in the world would I do that? This is the point where most people get that crazy scrunched up face and a high-pitched voice says, “are you crazy?”. No,...
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