We bring you the inside story of the United Island Hopper, we drink at the best rooftop bars, we go inside Air Koryo, attempt to realize the huge cost of America First, Boarding Area makes a move to respond to the poaching of Mommy Points, we learn about investing, we go back to 1988, we go on a road trip through Africa, help you get a visa to the Republic of Abkhazia, help you cut your dementia risk, and lots more for you for freeeee!
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Fun short video by United Airlines about its Island Hopper. I should do this one day…
Remember the travel blogger at Roam Far & Wide who married a Greek and moved to Lesvos island? She got her Greek green card, hooray!
Just in case you ever planned to go there…How to Get a Visa and Travel to the Republic of Abkhazia.
This 80 year old decided to drive from South Africa to London, here is her story. I love stories like this!
If you say so…The Best Rooftop Bar in Every State.
A writer gets to know the real Michael Jordan who has not left the building.
We need to sleep more! While We Sleep, Our Mind Goes on an Amazing Journey.
And this too, I am out to protect you today! These 9 behaviors could cut your dementia risk by 35 percent.
What a great twitter storm about investing, must read!
What is the Cost of America First? Must watch imho.
You know I love stuff about North Korea. And airplanes. And this is great then: All Aboard Air Koryo, North Korea’s Fleet of Ancient Soviet Planes. Check out the pics.
This may be helpful: Which College Degrees Get the Highest Salaries?
A look back at 1988. What a year!
After Boarding Area lost Mommy Points to The Points Guy/Bankrate now Red Ventures, we have the first counter move it appears. All prior2boarding blogs now appear in the main Boarding Area. It never made any sense to me to have this other site.
I ran with a new pair of shoes on Saturday. And got huge blisters, so I am sidelined and I hate it! Here is a note I posted in my personal Facebook page, maybe it will inspire some of you?
I got good and bad news:
Bad: I ran 15 miles again today. In a brand new pair of shoes. And I now have HUGE blisters. DO NOT run so long on a new pair of shoes. Do not be a moron like me, WTF was I thinking!
Good: I shaved 6.5 minutes from my previous 15 mile run time. After finishing and a trip to the bathroom I weighed myself: Now down 34.6 lbs since my annual physical on March 21 and hit a weight not seen since my 20s!
On this running thing: Logged 38 miles this week, 35 the week before that, 30 the week prior to that, 26 etc. I NEVER saw myself as a runner. I still don’t. This is very strange, I am starting to enjoy the pain and the feeling of accomplishment. Heck, back as late as March I had trouble finishing one mile run in one piece! If I can do this, you can too!
Party on!
We saw the new Tom Cruise. Amazingly, he did it again you guys, he saved us all wooho!
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F F F First…
Maybe now you can be a prior2boarding blog 😉
Love the bar list… need to travel more
Buzz-
Is there a college degree in blogging?
Great yoga sign-a cool blend of truth and fierce anger. Great start for the week.
That’s not how it works. Outside M&P blogs here is the career structure:
1. Start a moderately successful blog which makes no money
2. Start a 2nd blog teaching others how to start a successful blog, and make lots of money from the credit card-sized commissions paid by the web hosting companies
That’s brilliant. Ingy 2.0.
Good morning!
Congratulations on the weight loss! You are inspiring me. I am curious – do you run on the treadmill or do you run outdoors?
@MrNice: Congrats on being First! When that buyout offer comes, I will go through all the TBB comment medal winners and share my wealth with you all. You know, giving back. Hint:Don’t bet on this 🙂
@Raffles and Sam: Yeah, I see that more and more lately. I would not be surprised if Ingy is working on something like this. And trying to stay clear of me, his buddy 🙂
@DML: Bonjour. As in World Cup winning morning!
@Mady: Outdoors. I only run once at my gym’s track, 4 miles meant 48 laps…I absolutely hated it! Not sure what will happen during winter time. Maybe I will move to a bungalow in the Maldives or Bora Bora and start running at the beach 🙂 For the record, it is mind boggling to me that I have managed to do this and NOT fell back in my old lazy eat binging ways. I think going to the funeral of my college roommate had a much deeper impact in me than I thought at first. Just “Take the Next Step” and make it a good one 🙂
Congrats on your weight loss and healthy living, well done!
Cheers,
PedroNY
The key is to…keep it up. And probably the hardest 🙂
I’m all for more sleep!
Only at TPG you get posts like this:
“The Best Credit Cards for Streaming Services”
By 9 am Tuesday morning One Mile at a Time blog already had two full “reviews” of credit cards posts…
And I can’t get even 10 a month here…
See you all tomorrow. Great post coming. With vacation coming up…the end is near(er).
Give it up George, you just can not compete with these plastic pumping machines!
The Best Credit Cards for Digital Nomads and Long-Term Travel – The Points Guy
I did the Island Hopper in May! It was a wonderful experience but probably a once in a lifetime thing. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29763260-post163.html
By the time I get around to do it….it will probably be killed by some blogs 🙂