• There’s a new laviator in town

    Dear Heather, Another laviator photo for your collection, somewhere over West Virginia on an ATL-PIT routing last week. As temped as I was to leave the ‘laviators unite!’ post-it on the mirror to spread the laviator message, I did remove it after the photo 😉 Love your blog and Gadling…

  • Manhattan Beach, CA

  • Flight attendant or bag lady?

    QUICK – flight attendant or bag lady? You decide…

  • Passengers write

    Dear HeatherI had a recent flight where I had another cool experience with a flight attendant. I was flying a USAIR/UNITED flight back from Palm Springs. To back up – a few months before the flight, I decided to purchase a headset so that I could have it with me…

  • Relaxing on the beach

    oh just relaxing on the beach and reading Margo Candela’s manuscript, Goodbye To All That…

  • Toy Maker, Mother, Feminist, Frequent Flier

    Name: Lorna Brett Howard Occupation? Toy maker, Penelope Peapod, feminist political activist I went to the Penelope Peapod website and couldn’t help but think a doll that size would fit perfectly inside a travel bag! So where do I get one? Penelope Peapod is a take along toy, a doll…

  • Manhattan Beach, CA

    The view outside my window…

  • Dating passengers

    An excerpt from my book (a work in progress)… Thanks to those enormous noise cancellation headphones every frequent flier now owns, I spend a lot of time standing in the aisle asking passengers what they’d like to drink. Yeah, it’s my job, but keep in mind I’ve asked the question,…

  • Traveling with jewelry

    Dear Heather, I meant to ask you before my vacation — what’s your secret for packing jewelry? In what do you pack it and how? Some outfits I have look better with gold, and some look better with silver. Then there’s a myriad of “fun” jewelry that include bracelets, necklaces…

  • Say hello to the newest laviators!

    Stork123 – you can follow him on twitter! (I do.) Everyone, say hello to Paul. Paul, say hello to everyone. Laviators Unite!