On my way to New York (LGA) from Atlanta (ATL). Still not sure how we managed to jump from Atlanta to that point 33,000 feet above North Carolina border but it has been smooth sailing ever since 🙂

Just checked into a Marriott by the Charleston airport and noticed the room they gave me.

Did you know that is an Armstrong number and a Narcissistic number??

For the life of me, I cannot fathom what a serious sized trailer mounted barbecue grill is doing at the drive up counter in a bank in our vicinity.

I drove around to check it out – and get this – it was locked down to the post there! It was a bank holiday and there was nobody nearby to answer the obvious questions I had!!

Was there any need for that much specificity with the first three destinations when they would go “anywhere” anyways?

I think I can do that. Especially since there is not a single blade of grass to be seen anywhere nearby…

Had a lucky break with relatively less cloudy sky. The plane took off from the Portland airport towards the Pacific Ocean. And then banked right to take an about turn – giving me one of those rare sights from the window seat.

Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams – all in the same frame. The picture was taken from about 20,000 feet and climbing and about a 100 linear miles away from Mt. Rainier with an iPhone…

… without visiting my absolute favorite mixologist of the West Coast – Joel Yacoby. Last week our discussion topics mostly revolved around the proper way to deal with mint in a mojito! He is a total expert…

Well, there should not be any points for guessing this one. I cannot think of any other airport whose motto is “If the airlines did not do a good job in separating you from your money, welcome to our airport!” Which other airport has casino slot machine all over?

“You just arrived at our city to lose a lot of money in the casinos? Why not get a head start even before you can reach the baggage carousel?” Speaking of which – forget inside the airport – they have slot machines lined up AT the baggage pick up! “You got your luggage? Why bother going to the hotel? Start losing money, right now, right here!!”

The real funny part? People are actually playing at these machines!! With a beer in hand too!!!