Victoria Falls, photo at Nomadic Matt (see link below) There was a big event in the TBB household. My dear wife got downsized this morning and I spent most of the day with her, reading many forms and plotting how she can pull a Frequent Miler out of her hat (not going to happen!). After […]

Dust storm in Australia; yes, this is real! See article below BLOG UPDATE Over the weekend I switched this blog website to its own domain, so no more blogspot urls to deal with!It is still hosted at Blogger and one day I will move it to WordPress. At the rate of speed I move this […]

Room #1 at Faktum Hotels I started this blog on November 9th because business had slowed down just a little bit as it always does in the last two months of the year. Since I had been talking about doing this for several years I finally did it as I would not have been able […]

Amateur Built Environment – New York City- by Sergey Semenov  Lots to cover, so let’s get on with the show! Oh, I burned 63k points today, woohoo! MVP POST OF THE DAY The US Mint is back in the news again at the Wall Street Journal! “Do you get dollars with that Trillion-Dollar Coin?”  […]

“Failed travel bloggers, Poland 2012” as seen at yomadic  MVP POST OF THE DAY “Why Travel Blogs Fail. Insights to a Sordid, Demonic Community“ Thanks to Jason of Food, Wine and Miles who alerted me of this blog post on twitter. I so enjoyed reading this article at yomadic. All other travel bloggers should read […]

I grew up swimming here every summerVelika near Larisa in Central Greece It is amazing how productive you are when you stay off Twitter! Today I finished my biggest annual work project. I always celebrated by going to see a movie. Those were the preblog days!Do I have blogitis? Is there a cure? I think […]

Antarctica, see PlanetD link below  This blog is a bit long, so let’s get started right away! CHASE CLEANING HOUSE WITH SMALLER AFFILIATES? Gary (a really nice guy too!) at Free Frequent Flyer Miles reports (in What’s New section) the following: Chase has reviewed their goals for 2013 and have decided to reduce the […]

 Soap Box Alert!  I need to make a few things very clear: This is my own blog. I post whatever I feel like it here and everything is my own opinion and is protected by the First Amendment! My blog’s mission is to review other travel blogs. I highlight some great content in […]

No daily buzz today as I am taking some time off to concentrate on some really urgent and important work projects. Hopefully, God willing, I can continue the buzz posts tomorrow…We will see, thanks for understanding and for reading. Mr. C and Mrs C came to see me back in 2007. Mr. C asked me the […]

Stilt Fishing in Sri LankaPhoto by Ulrich Lambert/2012 National Geographic Photo Contest I have never been busier in my life! Putting this baby together is very time consuming and is becoming an obsession…I do NOT want to give it up…so I am fighting! I hope you like what you read here and it enhances your […]