St. Maarten / St. Martin is one of the smallest sea islands divided between two nations in the world. The island is 33.6 sq miles with the land being divided approximately 40% Dutch and 60% French and the population 61% Dutch and 39% French. I have been visiting for over 20 years and this map […]
How to Earn More US Air Dividend Miles
Update 3/27/14: From March 24, 1014 – April 10, 2014 you will earn 500 miles if you visit one of the participating locations. Recently I got an email from US Air letting me know that my dividend miles were going to expire if I didn’t have any account activity by a certain date. This made me […]
Best Bathroom Encounter Ever
Let’s set the scene. I’m in Downtown Denver, Colorado at a stylish place called Gaslamp. Most everyone is good looking and they are playing snowboarding videos. So basically everything I could ever want. Fast forward to about 1:15am. I’m in the hallway near the bathrooms talking to this girl. She doesn’t have a name so […]
Top 20 Things I Did In New York City
Another trip, another item to cross off my Day Zero List. 17 stops and 6 hours and you will arrive in New York City from Richmond via Amtrak. I hadn’t been to New York City since I was 10 years old so I decided to make a trip to see friends and the Big Apple […]
Why I Bought An Epic Local Pass to Colorado
Update October 7, 2013 Since this post Vail has acquired Kirkwood (California), Afton Alps (Minnesota) and Mt. Brighton (Michigan). They also signed a 50 year lease with The Canyons (Utah) and started a partnership with Eldora (Colorado) meaning in the U.S. alone you can visit 12 resorts. All of this for $529 which only takes five days […]
Vacation in Anguilla
I recently returned from a one week vacation in Anguilla, a British island in the Caribbean just North of St. Maarten/St. Martin. It was my fifth time visiting, but the first time actually staying on the island. The previous four times were day trips from St. Maarten on private charters. We would tell the captain […]
Anguilla at Villa Sand Castle
This marks my 20th visit to St. Maarten and unlike the previous 19 visits I hopped on a water taxi and headed to Anguilla, a British island only twenty minutes away. My previous four visits to Anguilla have all been by private boat for day trips so this will be my first time staying here. […]
Bachelor Party in Riviera Maya
In keeping with the tradition of traveling somewhere out of state for a friends bachelor party we choose the Iberostar Paraiso Lindo on the Riviera Maya, Mexico for my buddy Matt Bare. It’s a all-inclusive massive resort with everything you need to have a good time in one place without having to carry (or lose […]