10 Tips for Staying at Latitude 10 – Costa Rica
by John Wilson My wife and I were fortunate enough to win a trip to Costa Rica to a resort called Latitude 10. We had a wonderful time hanging out at the resort, relaxing and adventuring into the surrounding area. Latitude 10 describes themselves as follows: It was designed to be small with beautifully arranged [...]
8 Tips for Driving Around Las Vegas as a Tourist
by John Wilson Here are some tips I have after a week of driving around Las Vegas as a tourist for 7 days this Summer: Take your GPS – everyone has one, and they are expensive from the rental service Don’t take the gas option – gas just off the Strip is cheaper than airport [...]
Don’t Eat THIS on the Plane
by John Wilson (Edit on July 23): Chow (dot) com took my comment down linking back to this article. Very nice and community like. I just read an article about “What not to eat at work” (previously linked) at chow (dot) com. This article explains discusses all the of the pungent and bothersome [...]
Vegas is Smokin’
by John Wilson Vegas is smokin’, literally. I was in Las Vegas this week for a convention in Caesar’s Palace. I had an outstanding room, ate great food, and had an enjoyable conference. I even got to meet Joe Montana. Tough to beat that. I stayed in the brand new “Augustus Tower” [...]
Easter Sunday in Parkersburg, WV
by John Wilson Here are some photos of my family from Easter Sunday in Parkersburg, WV. Parker waiting on his Easter basket Lily and Peepaw looking for Easter Eggs Lily looking for that last egg Picture time with Uncle Doug What a crew on Easter (pick which one of [...]
Photos from Atlantis
by John Wilson Here are some pictures I took last year on a Caribbean cruise I took with my wife. Our five day cruise stopped for one day at the mega-resort, Atlantis near Nassau. My main reason for posting these pictures displaying these older photos is to test the “Share Slideshow” functionality of my [...]
Travel Tip #4: Arm Rests
by John Wilson Always put down the arm rests. In all fairness, I’m not skinny. I have to be cognizant of staying on my side of the seat and have a tendency to take up more leg room than I really should. I understand it sucks to be heavy and I get how [...]
Aerosmith Tampa Cancelled
by John Wilson I probably should have known. A 7.5 hour road trip to see a band of 60 year olds is a bad idea. Not to mention it was on the same night as UFC 100, arguably the best UFC card in the history of the sport. There was no way I [...]