Always check the actual hotel website for room prices before booking with a 3rd party website. In my experience, the 3rd party is actually more expensive once you add on their fees.

My partner and I were both quite sick over the weekend and they had just come back from a trip to France. At one point, I had to run out to get groceries. I sneezed in line and I swear the person behind me moved to the next till.

The are vaguely recyclable. They are plastic lined so they have to separate the plastic from the paper which uses a lot of water and, once the plastic is separated, it is basically trash.

That is also Japan where people actually give a shit. Generally, they treat public spaces far better than we do.

If we really gave a shit, we would ban plastic lined cups. There are options that are easily recyclable and compostable, unlike these cups which take a lot of water to process and still leave unrecyclable waste.

Years ago, I actually saw a harness that you wear which had turn signals, brake lights, and hazard lights all on the back that all worked. It was for bicycles. You had a little control panel that you mounted onto your handle bars.

I have a lot of things to do in my day and I just want to get on with it. On an average day, I get like an hour, maybe 2, of real downtime and everything that slows me down in my errands and chores is eating into that precious time.

This.

I AM going to Japan and I will definitely do a quick stop in at McDonalds for one of these out of curiosity. It isn't my reason for going to Japan, but it isn't like it is a bad thing to try while there.

I feel like that guy you saw is everything he  appears to be.

I guess coming on with drugged candy would look incredibly suspicious. 

I got a kid (like 12 or 13 years old) moved on a plane. They were bored and kicking my seat. I asked them nicely to stop twice then I buzzed for the steward. The kid first tired to deny it.

There should be clear regulations about the size of a emotional support animal. It is just that simple. 

Children’s gravel. My mom used to give it to us when we had long car trips and we’d all zonk out.

I have sound cancelling headphones and they are great. I bring my tablet with some movies loaded on it and get my allotment of white wine, then I sleep for the rest of my flight.

There is a sushi restaurant here in Vancouver called Toshi Sushi and you can wait up to an hour or more to get in. They only take reservations for groups of 6 and don’t offer their full menu for take out.

I always have a printed off copy of my boarding pass and a screen shot of the boarding pass as well.

It is good for what it is . . . . at times. I just wish they would be lazy about what they make. Whenever I get a inflight meal where they tried to do something different, it is awful. When they do something that is just chicken, potatoes, and veg . . . . . well, it isn’t great, but it is passable with my inflight…