by Karen Cummings | Sep 3, 2009
A recent story that floated across my screen offering me four more days every year. Since I can always use a bit more time, I was intrigued. I never knew my GPS system was so useful. I know that I lose plenty of time sitting in traffic, but I never knew I could recoup...
by Karen Cummings | Aug 23, 2009
Here is an example of bad, very bad customer service at the Hertz car-rental counter. The entire sequence was caught on video tape. Next, comes an old-time travel reel about Chicago filmed back in 1948. It is fun to take a look at how Chicago was portrayed. Finally,...
by Karen Cummings | Aug 22, 2009
An announcement came across my computer screen noting the important things that American Airlines is doing with this much needed influx of cash that we all thought was necessary just to keep the airline afloat. AA is sponsoring sports teams — yes, those cash-strapped...
by Karen Cummings | Aug 14, 2009
Heathrow Terminal T-2A is on the architects planning boards with drawings and renderings done and plans for an opening in 2013 if all goes right. The new building will a bit smaller than the ill-fated Terminal T-5, measuring about 100 feet less on one side and 75 feet...
by Karen Cummings | Aug 12, 2009
When working at her bookstore, White Birch Books, in North Conway, N.H., which is in the middle of the White Mountains, my daughter Laura gets all kinds of questions from tourists, but this one takes the cake. Granted these people first asked where the mountains were...
