Um, yeah, Jeff and I flew yesterday afternoon/evening and there was totally no holiday crush at the airport. So weird! Meanwhile, the free Wi-Fi at Sea-Tac totally rules...

Quoted: The holiday crush at the nation’s airports has taken hold several days earlier as travelers sought less expensive flights.

There are actually some decent tips in here...

Quoted: Staying home won't protect you from swine flu now: Forty-six states have reported widespread flu activity.

Yay, my slideshow for City Guides is on MSN today!

Quoted: 12 strange landmarks and attractions in cities and towns across the country that might have you doing a double take.

Ugh, for REAL!

Quoted: BIG cities like New York are both deeply convenient — two steps to the deli for milk in the morning — and deeply inconvenient. It is possible to live in the same city as the person you are dating, and have to travel an hour, or even two, to get together.

My latest blog post...

Quoted: Greetings, Seattleites and curious out-of-towners. We're about embark on the fifth leg of our expedition through Seattle, designed to help you uncover or rediscover the best the city has to offer.

Um, I don't consider myself to be oversensitive, but I think this is a really messed up idea for a slide show. Not to mention the text is pretty exoticizing...

Quoted: Many travelers find something mesmerizing about the people of India, from bright-eyed children to the intense stares of the elderly. The rich diversity of the country’s culture, religion and traditions offers endless opportunities, although you may need to acclimate for a few days since the noise, crowds and pollution of India’s biggest cities can be quite intense for Western visitors.

It'd be interesting to see how these families fare once they leave New York City.

Quoted: New York City, which has struggled with a seemingly intractable problem of homelessness for years, has paid families to leave the city as a way of keeping them out of the expensive shelter system.

Ah, an interesting twist! But I don't think speaking little to no English makes you a bad tourist...

Quoted: French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world.

Not a huge surprise ... uess this means airfare should stay pretty cheap through the peak summer season.

Quoted: The number of vacationing Americans will be down this summer, according to a new AP-Gfk Poll, and a third of Americans surveyed said they have already canceled at least one trip this year because of financial concerns.