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  • How to get through airport security quickly!

    With Thanksgiving fast approaching and Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s following right behind it, more people than ever will be flying in the upcoming weeks. That means only one thing. Holiday travelers will soon be taking over the airports. It won’t be pretty. Long lines will form at security, the…

  • Flight Attendant Shoes: Life Stride – Sindy Tailored Mary Jane

    $39.95 – DSW – Life Stride: Sindy Tailored Mary Jane UPDATE:  I wound up leaving these behind in a hotel room.  They made my legs look fat.  The husband agreed, they looked a little matronly

  • Enforcing rules in flight!

    Hi Heather, I listened to your Frommers podcast recently and found it very funny. I especially liked your comments about people’s attitudes to flying and the bit about control freaks. It made me realize what I’ve suspected for some time which is that I am a control freak, especially when…

  • The New York Post: Twitter, Travel & Me!

    As soon as I saw the article online I hopped into the mommy mobile and raced over to Barnes & Nobles, silently praying, Please let them have it, Please let them have it!  Guess what, the had it, The New York Post, right here in Sunny California.  I think I…

  • Commuting advice for the employees of US Airways

    Heather,US Airways. THREE base closures. Mine included. In all these years, I’ve never commuted. And now, gone early next year: BOS, LGA and LAS. We got the news in the crew room. Some of the senior girls started to tear up. One cried, “I have thirty years, I’ve never commuted.”…

  • CNN follows me – ME! Me? me.

    By Doug Gross, CNN  October 30, 2009 11:11 a.m.   Editor’s note: In this new weekly feature, CNN.com highlights five recommended Twitter feeds about a hot topic in the news. Let us know who we missed in the comments section. (CNN) — This week’s news of the Northwest Airlines pilots…

  • A memorable flight for a first time flier

    I knew something was up when an attractive woman wearing a fur vest walked to the back of the airplane during boarding and pulled my coworker aside on a flight from Dallas to New York. I couldn’t really make out what they were saying as I set up the galley,…

  • A fright in flight!

    I know this was not taken in the lav…but thought you might like it!  On our flight back from NYC to ATL on sunday.  Enjoy.   Chris

  • Talking travel with NileGuide.com

    This week’s NileGuide 5 interview features me!   Check it out…  Heather’s been working as a flight attendant for a major U.S. carrier for the last 14 years. She translates her experiences at 35,000 feet into some really interesting insights about travel and people – just check out the new trend…

  • Art on the plane