From ridiculous signs at Vagabondish see link in last article  Yep, I won another prize today, a roundtrip ticket to London on Virgin Atlantic. I chose to fly from JFK instead of O’Hare. Yep, just one ticket and in economy. So, not the greatest win…and I did not turn it […]

My bathroom at home. This is why I have no ads here! I wish…Hard Rock hotel in Vegas in the biggest suite If the market performs like this every day I may retire by mid May and devote myself to full time blogging. Yeah, right! And then I woke up, lol. To my readers, I […]

Cappadocia courtesy of Ruffin on the Road     Happy New Year to all! First morning of the new year and I was back again at my favorite Panera bread for my favorite hazelnut coffee. It was to go and back to my home office for work all day long preparing my quarterly invoicing for my real […]

  From all the staff at TBB, we wish you the Best Year Ever! I am back in Ann Arbor, home sweet home! There will likely not be a post tomorrow as I expect traffic to be very light. I am also heading into the two busiest weeks of the year for my real job (yes I do […]

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Photo by Maxx Smart I had a pretty good weekend in New York City. I finally met in person Kathy of Will Run for Miles and we had a wonderful chat eating salads at the Whole Foods in Union Square. It is amazing how much you get to know a person online […]

Angkor, Cambodia Photo by Mike Behnken. Courtesy of Matador Network One more day in New Jersey. I had lunch again with Angelina of JustAnotherPointsTraveler and we caught up with all the blog buzz. I gave her my tutorial on how to win contests which resulted in a win by her as we spoke! It appears […]

This is NOT a joke, see last entry below!   This is likely to be one of the shortest blog posts ever. Is it just me or are things a bit quiet lately?I finally saw Lincoln last night. Actually it was quite refreshing to see how votes were bought even 250 years ago, some things […]

 Athens at night burning…not from riots but from wood as oil & natural gas is too expensive! 12/26/2012 courtesy of Facebook page of Yannis Larios There were some extensive efforts done yesterday to book an award for two either on Delta or Avios with no success. I must admit I have had good luck booking last minute […]

Hoodoos in Bryce National Park, Utah Courtesy of Everything-Everywhere.com   Looks like I will be around New York/New Jersey until December 31st. I can’t get me any award flights anywhere desirable. And there is no way I am spending 305k Delta Skypesos to Sydney per ticket! I will attempt some more tries tomorrow…#developing. Yes I do know I should have started […]

Mt. Olympus, Greece TBB was born & raised 1 hr south of here Miss partying with Zeus, good times Hello from Upper Saddle River in New Jersey. I am typing this from my brother in law’s house where  the internet connection reminds me of dial up modem speed times! So, this blog post may take a […]