September 2, 2008

Another Picture Post: Hiking Upstate NY

by Chandler | Filed under New York Living and Travel at 8:43 pm | Add a comment »

Rather than writing about the ice caves, the splendid vistas, the clean air, and the blueberries that were perfectly ripe, I’ll just let the photos speak for themselves.

May 11, 2008

Zipcar: The Not-So-Bloody Aftermath

by Chandler | Filed under Rants and Travel at 4:28 pm | 1 comment »

There is a lesson here for other companies: listen to your customers, give them what they pay for, and if you fail to do so then own up to it and make the situation right. Strange concept, I know.

May 9, 2008

What’s More Overrated Than Zipcar? Not Much.

by Chandler | Filed under Rants and Travel at 7:08 pm | 2 comments »

Zipcar is zero for two on actually delivering the car I reserved. Fool me once, shame on you. And just like The Who, I won’t get fooled again.

January 22, 2008

More Web 2.0 Toys: TripIt, igThemer

by Chandler | Filed under Geekery and Travel at 8:07 pm | 1 comment »

I’m the first to raise a skeptical eyebrow at every data-scraping Web 2.0 hussy that walks by and shakes a tailfeather. Here are a couple I happen to like.

December 20, 2007

Home For the Holidays

by Chandler | Filed under Travel at 2:20 pm | Add a comment »

I still love Indianapolis, I love my family and friends, and while I dig New York a great deal, there’s no place like home.

August 26, 2007

Beer Heaven Located!

by Chandler | Filed under Travel at 12:36 pm | Add a comment »

More than just hyperbole, Beer Heaven is more like it. Their beer menu had to be 20 pages deep, organized by country of origin. This is quite simply the most amazing brew pub ever, with at last count 650 beers.

August 14, 2007

On Vacation

by Chandler | Filed under Travel at 12:41 pm | Add a comment »

There are no motor vehicles allowed on the island, so all transit is either on bicycles or via horse (carriage or saddle). Consequently the very clean air smells strongly of horse poop.