September 09, 2015
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I Will Survive

They like us! They really like us! Well, it’s too late for that, dahrlings. You don’t cut my grass and then, 20 years later, come back for my bush. That ship has sailed, bucko! (No really. It has. A balding…

September 03, 2015
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CTA Judges Wake Up

A loud “duh!” could be heard along Ottawa’s corridors yesterday, dahrlings, as the judges at the Canadian Transportation Agency dusted off their mandate and figured out they are supposed to go after SkyGreece. [The last order they gave was simply…

September 01, 2015
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I Can’t Help It!

Good lord, Pumpkins. How many times have you heard that sorry ass alibi? “I can’t help It!” It’s such a lame excuse, it needs an excuse for the excuse. The last time I caught my husband with his pants around…

August 28, 2015
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Gravity Is A Cruel Lover

It’s a tragic tale, Pumpkins, of 2 star-crossed lovers. Overcome by passion as they visit a picturesque French castle off the coast of Normandy, the couple shed their inhibitions, discard their clothing, and make love on the battlements. Who hasn’t…

August 25, 2015
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Brought To You By The Letter “C”

I love a C word as much as the next news hog, but good golly, Pumpkins, this summer’s travel headlines could use with a wider alphabet. The 3 C’s dominating (enough mistress!) the news  — Crystal Cruises and Cuba –…

August 19, 2015
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Cruising Trumps Canoeing

Most cruise ship stewards you just want to pack up and take home. Am I right, Pumpkins? Is it the ones who’ve been below deck too long who succumb to predatory urges? How exactly do they think they’ll get away…

August 12, 2015
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Is There A Face On Board?

Emirates just announced that Jennifer Aniston is to be their ‘face’. I would have picked a better body part, Pumpkins. Airlines have had many mascots over the years, but never a chin. (Apparently Reese Witherspoon’s was unavailable for a mere…

August 06, 2015
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I'm Banning Together

Goodness, Pumpkins. I just read that in memory of a dear old lion the airlines have decided to ban together and ban trophy wives! Hear! Hear! Those women have caused more trouble than a camcorder at a hospitality suite and…

July 30, 2015
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Maybe There’s Something To All This Dreary Data

In the time it takes for a corporate air travel RFP to grind its way through the machine, a human life can be conceived (34 seconds), gestated (40 weeks) and delivered! That’s way too freakin’ long pumpkins. But, that’s what…

July 27, 2015
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I’m Having Sober 2nd Thoughts

As a travel industry doyenne for more years than my fake ID would suggest, I’m no stranger to the distilled essence of the grape, the cactus or the humble potato. I’ve boarded planes vibrating on vodka, wobbling from Wabo and…