Heather Poole

  • Filthy Hotel Rooms

    WARNING: You’ll never relax in a hotel room again! * On a layover years ago, I arrived to my hotel room just in time to see the house cleaner wipe down the toilet seat with a rag. I remember rolling my wheelie bag past the bathroom door, smiling at her…

  • Traveling, or not…

    Yes, I travel for a living, but not nearly as much as The Husband. The man flew over 100,000 miles last year alone. Remember, we met on a flight. The guy works hard, I’ll give him that, and traveling is not easy. Sure there are good things about traveling, lots…

  • Oh Great..

    My bags are packed, and I’m just about to head off to the airport and fly to New York so I can work a lovely trip to El Paso. So what’s the first thing I do, I log onto the computer to print up a boarding pass with not a…

  • Man Period

    If the husband asks me one more time whether or not I’ve cleaned out the desk drawers, organized the family photos, returned something to Pottery Barn, or if he asks what’s for dinner just so he can tell me he doesn’t want that, or feel the need to remind me…

  • Please insert the metal fitting into the buckle…

    In the passenger of the month interview, I asked The Music Guy a few questions about his traveling experiences, and one of those questions was, Why do flight attendants…(fill in the blank). Music Guy filled in that blank with…still show people how to buckle a seat belt? Music Guy, I’m…

  • Books, Boots, Buckles and Uniforms

    Originally I sat down to begin working on my novel SKYDOLL, a story about love and sex at 35,000 feet, but then somehow I sort of ended up on the Zappos.com website. Still not sure how that happened. But it happened. And boy am I glad it did, because now…

  • PASSENGER OF THE MONTH

    THE MUSIC GUYOccupation: Music Booking Agent Last Gig Booked: 12/21 – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus for four shows in the Philipines Miles flown this year? Over 100K Last flight: NYC/ShanghaiCheck it or Carry on? Carry On – AlwaysWindow or Aisle? AisleSomething to Drink? Pinot and bottled waterBeef or Chicken? Maple…

  • HEAD: Dead weight on an airplane.

    When I first started flying twelve years ago, I had a roomie from Florida, a real life pageant queen named Suzette. If I had to describe Suzette in one word, I’d have to use the word fabulous, and that would be fabulous with a capital F, Maybe even FABULOSO, she…

  • Oh hell

    Forget the long lines, the cramped seats, the crabby crew, the no food, the weather delay, or whatever else you’ve been complaining about, because now there’s this…Fliers Exposed to Drug-Resistant TBBy Steve Sternberg,USA TodayPosted: 2007-12-31 08:47:46Filed Under: Health News, Nation News(Dec. 31) — Health officials continued their 17-state search Sunday…

  • Resolutions

    The other night I was in bed, under the covers, on the verge of falling asleep, when the husband rolled up behind me. He placed a hand gently on my arm. “There’s something really important I need to tell you,” he whispered in my ear. Any normal wife, I think,…