Admit it, when you think of Valentine’s Day you think of Dallas Love Field before you think of hearts and romance. OK…maybe you think of hearts, flowers and romance before you think of Dallas Love Field…but Flying With Fish is about travel, airlines and airports…so for the purposes of Flying With Fish lets think of…
A few years ago I saw possibly the worst tourist slogan t-shirt of all time, “London Is For Lovers.” Now granted I love London, but it isn’t a city exactly known for its romance. Despite London’s lack of romantic sense, it seems that a mere 211 miles to the northwest, Manchester may be a better…
Its that time of year again, the cold winter chill has lost its charm, the sun is setting later and later allowing you to see the black ice on the road for an extra few minutes at night … and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released its list of the top (and bottom)…
There are times on the road when every traveller finds themselves needing a screw driver, bottle opener, knife, eye glass screw driver. There are always “I wish I had” moments when opening something, repairing something or any number of other daily situations that require ‘basic tools.’ Given the strict limitations of what travelers can carry…
While I am just starting to embrace shooting video as a photographer, something that translated very clearly from still shooting to video shooting was the need for functional tools. While researching the equipment I needed to transition into shooting DSLR-Video I looked at more than a dozen shooting rigs that provided a multi-functional stable platform….
This week’s iPhone App of The Week is straightforward. No glitz, no pizzazz, just a simple workhorse of an App that is an essential tool for anyone who writes a blog … well who writes a blog using WordPress (which would be me). This week’s iPhone App of the Week is WordPress. The WordPress iPhone…
This afternoon the folks at BoardingArea moved Flying With Fish to the front page of the BoardingArea site as a Featured Blogger. As a featured BoardingArea blogger I am now among friends of mine, whose blogs I frequently read and admire, including Brett Snyder’s CrankyFlier and Dan Webb’s Things In The Sky. Lucky for me…
At the end of January I had written that I wish I received more reader mail with questions I could answer on Flying With Fish rather than those better responded to in one-to-one e-mail … and last night I received an email from Laura O’Connell that fit that comment. Laura asks “In all the news…
I know you’re reading this headline and thinking “How could Mechanix Gloves be essential to travel?” Well these gloves are essentials to those traveling with heavy items, or schlepping heavy items by hand … or simply dragging a heavy bag long distances through an airport. Having spent years traveling with heavy carry on bags, such…
9/2/2010 – Travel Essentials – Adventure Medical Kits : Travel Medic When traveling there is one certainty … at times “things happen,” and if you’re a photographer traveling on assignment chances are you might be looking specifically for ‘things to happen.’ On the road it is best to be prepared, either to maximize your time…
