Jet Blue All You Can Jet Boston MA To New York NY 12 Parts

Twelve segments of four trips to New York City Sept. 28, 30, Oct. 5, 6, 2010.

Part 1OF12
Views of New York Public Library, Manhattan, New York City, Grand Central Terminal, TAO, Met Life Building, Roosevelt Hotel, General Motors Building, Friar's Club, 655 Madison Avenue, Rear of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Madison Avenue, Plaza Hotel, Secret Service protecting foreign leaders shopping on Madison Avenue while attending United Nations meeting.



Part 2OF12
Views of Central Park Zoo, Manhattan, New York City, feeding sea lions, Delacorte Clock, park bench tributes.



Part 3OF12
Views of Queensborough (59th Street) Bridge, Manhattan, New York City, Bloomingdales, Fifth Avenue, East 60th Street, Second Avenue, Lexington Avenue, 53rd Street, Central Synagogue, Park Avenue, waterfall subway entrance.



Part 4OF12
New York JFK Int'l Airport, Air Train, Long Island Railroad, Brooklyn, Greeley Square, 34th Street, Manhattan, New York City, Empire State Building, Columbia University School of Law, Hot Stuff, Columbia University campus, Times Square, NYPD mounted detail.



Part 5OF12
Brooklyn, New York City, Grand Army Plaza, Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial Arch, bust of JFK, Bailey Fountain, Mt. Prospect Park, Copley Plaza, Union Temple of Brooklyn, Park Slope, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.



Part 6OF12
Brooklyn Museum, New York City, Statues, Classical Greek, Chinese, Biblical, Brooklyn Public Library, Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial Arch, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant.



Part 7OF12
Brooklyn, New York City, Montauk Club, 234 Lincoln Place, 7th Avenue, Park Slope, Old First Reformed Church, New York Methodist Hospital.



Part 8OF12
Greenwich Village, New York City, Manhattan, West 8th Street, Notre Dame School, Gossip Girl Production, Folk Band, Washington Square Park, Washington Square, Memorial Arch, George Washington, Standard Hotel, High Line, sanitation industry, concrete cutting.



Part 9OF12
High Line, New Jersey coast, Hoboken, Gossip Girl Production, Standard Hotel, Hudson River, Manhattan, New York City, Empire State Building, bell concert, West Side Piers, Chelsea Pier, High Line Walkway.



Part 10OF12
Chelsea Market, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, Bleecker Street, Bayard House, Alexander Hamilton, Jane Street, Jane Hotel, Our Lady of Pompeii School, Bowery, Village Voice, Cooper Union, Peter Cooper, St. Mark's Place, Father Demo Square, Gem Spa, Gossip Girl, East Village.



Part 11OF12
Alex loDico Jazz Ensemble, New York City Subway, entertainment, East 86th Street, Manhattan, New York City, Papaya King, Second Avenue Subway Construction, sidewalk vendors, Upper East Side.



Part 12OF12
Biscuits and Bath, dog heaven, Dogs, Albanian Mission to United Nations, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, Second Avenue Subway Construction.

Jet Blue Boston MA to Las Vegas NV OCT 2010 Five Parts

In October 2010 I visited Las Vegas NV for the second time in my life. The first time was in 1966 or 1967. During that first visit, which lasted only for a few hours, I felt as if I were in heaven. I immediately lost all the cash money I had with me. There were not as many hotels and casinos then. I think I went to the Sands then. I sat in the casino staring at the lights and the gambling tables. I wondered how I could get more money to win back what I lost. I called the airline to see if I could cash in my plane ticket. They asked how I paid and since it was by credit cards they told me I could not cash it in. Lucky me! Hertz had an offer for their credit card holders to advance $20 in cash. I drove back to the airport and got the $20 and went back to the casino. I lost that too. Again I sat and stared. Mesmerized is an appropriate word. In 1966 waitresses offered free drinks. Today they no longer give away free drinks to all players. Maybe to the whales but not to people like me. I no longer gamble anyway. Today the hotels in Las Vegas do not even have coffee makers in the rooms. They place bottles of water in the rooms, explaining that it was part of the hotel's effort to make the guest's visit perfect. They reveal that they will replace the bottles if used and that they cost $4 each. Nickle and diming visitors in Las Vegas? Or was it just how they treated me? When I arrived at the Las Vegas Hilton a man appeared next to me while I waited to check in. The front desk had places for about 25 clerks. About 15 were working, mostly women. The man next to me pointed out a VIP line for important people to use to check in. He told me, "I think I'm a VIP but no one else does." I smiled and didn't speak. I thought he was being friendly. Then he pointed out that some men were using the VIP line. I thought they would be directed to the ordinary person line but instead they did get served faster. Then the man next to me suggested, "Why don't you go into that line?" I realized he was patronizing me trying to get me to do something. Did he think he knew me? Was he trying to provoke an incident? I just stood there. He again suggested I use the VIP line. The man said to me, "I'm not so important now as I used to be." I suspected he thought he knew what I thought and was making fun of me. My thoughts were, "This guy is telling me that I am unimportant today. And I was so important to him, that he came to stand next to me to tell me how unimportant I was." I found the incident humorous. Then a man named Wes came out from a door and waved the man next to me to the front desk. He spoke for a few seconds and left. The man did not check in to the Hilton. Then Wes waved me to his line. He told me that he was giving me a "renovated room." I wondered what that meant. Wes gave me a sheet of discount coupons for the hotel's restaurants. I heard the other desk clerks asking the guests if they wanted to upgrade their stay. I noticed that there were options to upgrade on the Las Vegas Hilton web pages. Wes did not ask me if I wanted to upgrade. When I got to the room the button to open the curtains did not work. One lamp did not work, and did not have bulb in it. When I put a bulb from another lamp the lamp still did not work. There was no coffee maker and two 1 liter bottles of water for sale for $4 each. The chair for the desk was broken and the color did not match the room. A renovated room? I've been staying at Hiltons for three years. They usually treat me well and gave me great rooms. But in Las Vegas I was "unimportant?" The city was starved for visitors and the Hilton employees insulted me? What were these people thinking?

Jet Blue Boston MA To Las Vegas NV. Part 1 OF 5. Views of McCarran Int'l Airport, local bus, Las Vegas Hilton, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Riviera, tributes to Elvis Presley.



Jet Blue Boston MA To Las Vegas NV. Part 2 OF 5. Views of Fountainbleau (unfinished), Mono Rail, Bottled Water Peddlers, Motorcycles, Sahara, rainstorm,Circus Circus,Crazy Leroy's, tattoo parlor, Wedding Chapel of the Bells, Aztec Hotel, Bonanza Gift Shop.



Jet Blue All You Can Jet visit to Las Vegas. Part 3 of 5. Views of Las Vegas Strip, Deuce luxury local bus, Steve Wynn's Wynn and Encore, retail shops, restaurants, Clarion, Marriott, Hilton, Echelon (unfinished), Trump, Palazzo, Treasure Island, Mirage, Royal Resort, Somerset Gardens, Convention Center, Mono Rail, Riviera.



Jet Blue All You Can Jet visit to Las Vegas. Part 4 of 5. Views of Las Vegas Strip, MGM Grand, Las Vegas Hilton, Sahara, Excalibur, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, Tropicana, New York, New York, Monte Carlo, Aria, retail shops, M&M Dancer, Elvis, Marilyn, Hard Rock Cafe, Cosmopolitan, Paris, Caesar's Palace, Bally's, Bellagio Fountain Light Show, Jockey Club.



Jet Blue All You Can Jet visit to Las Vegas. Part 5 of 5. Views of Las Vegas Strip, Flamingo Hotel, Tropicana, Bill's Gambling Hall, Retail shops, Exotic Dancer, Treasure Island Pirate Show, Harrah's, Imperial Palace, Mirage, Casino Royale, Venetian.

Jet Blue Boston MA To Baltimore MD 1OF2

Visit to Baltimore on Jet Blue using an All You Can Jet Pass in September 2010. Baltimore Washington Airport, Hilton, MARC, Arlington VA, DC Metro.

Jet Blue Boston MA To Baltimore MD 2OF2

Visit to Baltimore MD using Jet Blue All You Can Jet pass. Driving to the airport a two car accident slows traffic. Visit to Jewish Community of Baltimore.

Jet Blue Boston MA To Fort Lauderdale FL 1OF1

One day visit to Fort Lauderdale FL. Views of the Hilton Airport Hotel and the skyline of Fort Lauderdale.

Jet Blue Boston MA To San Juan PR Four Parts

San Juan Puerto Rico Part One of Four. Double Tree Inn, beaches along Ashford Street in the Condado section of San Juan, St. John's School, Robinson School.




San Juan Puerto Rico Part Two of Four. Ashford Street businesses, hotels, casinos, restaurants, and beaches.




San Juan Puerto Rico Part Three of Four. Ashford, Condado businesses, parks, hotels, sculptures, ocean, beaches.





San Juan Puerto Rico Part Four of Four. Old San Juan, Condado, ocean, sculpture, Sixto Escobar, sidewalk art, parks, hotels, businesses, el coqui, Luis Munoz Marin Airport.

Jet Blue Boston MA To Austin TX 6 Parts

Using a Jet Blue All You Can Jet Pass this is part one of six of a visit to Austin then San Antonio Texas. This segment shows ground transportation from Austin Bergstrom International Airport to a suburb of San Antonio about 80 miles. This is part one of six.




Using Jet Blue All You Can Jet Pass visiting San Antonio Texas. Here is a short visit to one of the state wide medical center complexes outside of San Antonio. Included is part of a dinner party during a rain storm. This is part two of six.




Using Jet Blue All You Can Jet Pass for a visit to San Antonio Texas you can see a neighborhood of suburban San Antonio where there are deer running freely among the ordinary houses. This is part three of six.



During a visit to San Antonio Texas, using a Jet Blue All You Can Jet Pass, you can see downtown San Antonio. This is part four of six.



Using a Jet Blue All You Can Jet Pass, visiting San Antonio Texas. You can see the San Antonio River flowing through downtown San Antonio, The Alamo, hotels and visitor markets. The River Walk is an area of restaurants along the river, where water taxis pick up and deliver passengers. This is part five of six.

Using a Jet Blue All You Can Jet Pass, the first visit was to Austin Texas. This is part six of six, walking along highway 35 near a suburb of San Antonio. You can see domestic deer wandering freely in the neighborhood where ordinary people live.