Monthly Archives: November 2008

Airlines Southwest news; Airfarewatchdog charts for baggage and other fees

There have been some interesting developments recently with Southwest Airlines. Southwest to New York LaGuardia Some readers may recall that Southwest had a codeshare arrangement with the now defunct ATA (American Trans Air). This tie-up allowed Southwest to market travel … Continue reading

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Lodging Let’s all welcome Sacramentos newest Citizen

Opening Sunday, 30 November, is Sacramentos newest hotel: the Citizen Hotel. Ive been looking forward to this moment for a long time. With the debut of the Citizen Hotel, Sacramento now has a 198-room boutique hotel with character and style … Continue reading

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Blog, Blog, Everywhere a Blog …

“Using up my bookmarks / Clogging my mind Read this, dont read that / Cant you read my blog?” (Apologies to the Five Man Electrical Band.) Heres a brief non-travel, non-running related post about a quick way to keep track … Continue reading

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Destinations – Portland, Ore. – Easy in, easy out

This is the last post inspired by my train trip from L.A. to Portland. The first one was about the ease of using Burbank Airport as the gateway to L.A. and the second concerned the train trip itself. Simply put, … Continue reading

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Rail – Los Angeles to Portland on the Coast Starlight over the Tehachapis

In my last post I sang the praises of using the Burbank Airport rail station as a gateway to southern California. For me it was simple. I hopped on a Metrolink train and about 25 minutes later I was getting … Continue reading

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Airlines – Burbank Airport, your easy gateway to L.A. and beyond

Rather than write one long post about my trip, Im going to write three shorter posts over the next few days. This first one is about Burbank airports convenience for transit connections elsewhere in the region. The second post will … Continue reading

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Running – Relay Night at Fleet Feet Chico: Thurs., 6 Nov.

OK, how many of you runners out there have done a relay? I’ll bet not so many as have done a 5K, 10K, half-marathon or even a marathon. Interested? Even mildly? Or perhaps you’re horrified by the thought but want … Continue reading

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Rail – November dates that the Coast Starlight will detour again via the Tehachapis

I havent had time to write my long post about the trip yet but I wanted to get word out quickly about four more dates in November that Amtrak is planning to detour the Coast Starlight over the Tehachapis. Those … Continue reading

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