Heather Poole

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  • Backyard Travels: (Video) Life at 30,000 feet

    The best seats, the worst flights, and meeting your spouse in the sky! Travel writer AnneLise Sorensen of NBC New York  Backyard Travels explores that and more with Heather Poole, longtime flight attendant, author of the upcoming book “Life at 30,000 Feet.” (scheduled to be released by Harper Collins summer 2011) …

  • Photo of the day: But google says flotation devices should only be inflated OUTSIDE the aircraft…

      Photo courtesy of Mark H Anbinder.  Caption courtesy of @Traytablestrvls (Make sure to check out the other hilarious caption suggestions in the comment section below)

  • The REAL reason for no cell phones in flight

    Recently someone asked me what the real reason was for no cell phones in flight. My reply, “Does it matter? You still have to turn it off and put it away.” There are three things flight attendants should not discuss with passengers. They are religion, politics, and the reason why…

  • HOTEL SLIPPERS: The Plaza Hotel – New York

    By guest blogger Hotel Slippers… The Plaza Hotel, a designated National Historic Landmark, opened in 1907 and was designed by architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh.  With an abundance of social history, this Grand Dame of hotels has intrigued as well as entertained and hosted famous guests from F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Marlene Dietrich,…

  • A recipe for jet lag – cherry coco smoothie

     (FYI:  There’s still time to CLICK, comment & win a “red hot” traveler’s kit!)    Earlier this week I wrote about melatonin and how it helps cure jet lag.   Tart cherries are a natural form of melatonin.  This got me thinking about  recipes containing cherries.  I’m a terrible cook.  I have zero creativity in the kitchen.  So…

  • Photo of the day: I’m just going to stand here until I get a window seat!

    Photo courtesy of Jim Rhyne

  • LAYOVER: Day trip to Brugge (Belgium)

    Here’s a short video I made of our trip to Brugge yesterday. It was a gorgeous little city and I recommend anyone laying over in Brussels to go. It’s just a one hour train ride from Brussels Central Station. – Kevin Cox

  • Jet lag, melatonin & cherries (plus a chance to win a “red hot” traveler’s kit!)

    Flight attendants, pilots, and frequent fliers often suffer from jet lag.  I know I do.  What you probably already know is jet lag can be cured by taking melatonin.  What you may not know is tart cherries contain a significant amount of melatonin.   That’s right, those little red balls of deliciousness don’t just taste good, they…

  • Traveling brides – it’s all about the dress

    “Cinderella dresses belong in fairytales, not on airplanes!”  That’s a line from the Galley Gossip post I wrote giving advice to brides travling with a wedding dress that inspired the formation of the flickr photo group Traveling Brides – it’s all about the dress!   The group was also inspired by a few tweets about…

  • 5 tips for traveling with a wedding dress

    From the moment my husband got down on one knee and proposed in the sand at sundown, I knew I wanted a destination wedding. When it came time to choose a wedding dress, I only considered styles that were sleek and simple. Basically I had to find something I could…