According to the June 2007 Air Travel Consumer Report from the U.S. Department of Transportation, American Airlines subsidiary American Eagle filed an average of 13 mishandled bag reports per 1,000 customers in April 2007 … That said, you can’t always avoid checking your bags. So, here are a few things you can do to beat the system…
Khalifah opened a solid wood door lined with iron studs, and I entered the father’s bedroom. The coral walls are smooth milky white, with intricate relief and cut work in geometric squiggles. Poster beds from Pakistan have detailed carved wood work. Khalifah mentioned the age-old carpets in the bedrooms were imported from Turkey …
When you search for a real getaway to disconnect and relax, it pays to look for a place that feels like it could be your own; where the owners are waiting to greet you like family; where everywhere you turn there’s a spot for contemplation; where the food is so deliciously tasty that you want to take the cook home with you; where everything is so well thought-out you never want to leave …
This one looks like a true volcano — a barren cone of oxidized cinders that glow yellow and red, reminding people of a sunset. At the same time, it is incongruous rising up out of the pine forest of northern Arizona. Coming closer, you find yourself in the midst of black, wrinkled, furrowed land — Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox must have ventured southwest with a huge plow.
Gem Mountain is a locally owned sapphire mining operation. Buy a bucket of dirt dredged from the mine for $12 and wash it yourself in one of the huge water troughs. After a short lesson in the finer points of “sloshing” to clean your gravel, stake your claim on one of the outdoor tables to sift through the stones …
A quick trip to Pambiche Cuban Restaurant on NE Glisan in Portland, Oregon, serves up a hearty helping of authentic Cuban Creole food seven days a week. Blending European flavors with African spices and indigenous Caribbean cooking, John creates a rainbow of palette-tantalizing dishes …
The situation was getting ugly … Looking for the slightest weakness in each other’s eyes, the leaders stood toe to toe, their breaths mingling. Behind them in formation, their gangs edged nervously toward each other, closing the space where the rivalry would soon play out …
