48 hours in Germany: What I learned going abroad for the first time and reenacting Southwest Flight 812
One year ago today I woke up in the wee hours of the morning, putting a pause on the vivid mental images …
Hunting airports in the Sacramento Valley: Dead reckoning and turning green
Kermit was right. It’s not easy being green. Especially when you are co-navigator for a precision flying contest and the trip involves …
Travel Tales: Switching seats away from stinky and never looking back
Cloying, artificial, floral… I could smell her before she got on the plane. She lumbered into the middle seat without saying hello, …
The Daily Pixel #46- The view from my office (at 40,000 feet)
What Wednesdays mean to me: a 4 a.m. alarm, wheels up at 6 a.m., in another state by 9, meeting, meeting, meeting, …
Crying on an airplane: How to lose friends and alienate people
I see a lot of strange behavior on airplanes. Intoxicated jerks breaking norms of personal space. Overly-perfumed Texas belles screeching about impending …
The Daily Pixels this week: Diapers, dogs, travel and gardening, oh my
Apparently school has heated up as I just realized I haven’t posted in a week, and I’m sitting on a pile of …
The Daily Pixel: Double date in Half Moon Bay
Survey says “Shutterbug Snaps” sucks, so in the spirit of New Year’s renewal, I’m retooling and going with “popular” demand. Thus, my …
Formation flying on MythBusters TONIGHT!
Photo from the MythBusters shoot in September. Mr. T is in the number three spot at the top in the red and …
My favorite wingman will be on MythBusters!!
Mr. T and company visiting Pine Mountain Lake Airport Day. T is in the back in the red and white Vans RV-4. …
For pete’s sake, be considerate. Shawna’s guide to airport/airplane etiquette
Grumpy girl. When I got done taking self- portraits and 7,000 cloud shots, I read SkyMall. I really want the camera/recorder “spy …