#662: Have A Favorite Airline.
Virgin America. Best airline ever. If not for its excellent flight attendants, stellar airport check-in process, free drinks on any cross-Atlantic flight, or really comfy legroom that seems to only expand in the air… for its amazing and utterly inspiring CEO, Sir Richard Branson. God that man knows what a good company looks like. ***Psstt… are you hiring?*** Open skies, I’m comin’ for ya.
#56: Meet A Stranger On A Plane, Leave With A Friend.
This past Sunday’s 11-hour, two-stop-layover plane ride was a testament to my growing travel resilience and a simple undeniable fact: The world is really a lot smaller than you think it is. On the plane from Washington, DC to Burlingame, CA, I ended up sitting next to an unassuming, future friend. At first, she was a random stranger, whom I shared an uncomfortable arm rest and SkyMall magazine with. At mid-conversation, I was enamored with her story. At…