Here’s a bizarre axiom for you: if you want an airport in Canada named after you, don’t have anything to do with aviation. Out of all the Canadian airports that have adopted titles with aviators in mind, there are only seven … and two are named for the same person (that being World War I ace […]
North America
Ski Inn: Perhaps the Lowest Bar in the Western Hemisphere
Advertiser Disclosure: noworkalltravel.com earns an affiliate commission for anyone making a purchase through some links available on this website. For more information, please visit the Advertising and Privacy Policy page. A few years ago, I took a weekend trip to the census-designated place Bombay Beach (it’s most definitely not a city, town, or village), located on the […]
Photo of the Week: A Split Decision
Santa Barbara, California, the “American Riviera,” is nice little beach town a couple of hours northwest of Los Angeles. It is surrounded by some beautiful natural scenery, many homes and buildings were designed using the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style, and there isn’t much light pollution (i.e. once it’s nighttime, don’t expect to be able to […]
Language Lunes: Traffic, Guanajuato-Style (Mexico)
And you thought you came here to learn Spanish… On the way to the small but bustling city of Guanajuato, capital of the eponymous state – known for silver mines, this excellent restaurant, and narrow streets – I noticed that some road signs on the outskirts were written in three languages– Spanish, English, and Japanese. […]
LIRR has Finally Arrived at New York’s Grand Central
Advertiser Disclosure: noworkalltravel.com earns an affiliate commission for anyone making a purchase through some links available on this website. For more information, please visit the Advertising and Privacy Policy page. That’s right, Long Island Railroad (LIRR) is now calling at Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. Thus, for thousands of commuters from Queens and eventually, […]
The Wednesday Who of Airport Names: Igor Sikorsky
Today’s edition of “the Wednesday Who” introduces us to Igor Sikorsky. Sikorsky was born on 25 May 1889 in Kiev, which at the time was part of the Russian Empire. According to Britannica, his mother’s zeal for Leonardo da Vinci helped pave the way for his interest in engineering and mechanics; this was first demonstrated […]
First Trip of 2023: Good Eats in Mexico City
There were indeed good eats in Mexico City for my first vacation of 2023, but I actually started off with a project in Puebla, a city about 2.5 hours by bus from the Mexican capital. Undoubtedly, Puebla is a food center in its own right, being one of the homes of mole (link in Spanish), as […]
The Wednesday Who of Airport Names: Jacqueline Cochran
In this week’s Wednesday Who of aviation history, we’ll be learning about the name behind Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Coachella Valley, California. Born on 11 May, 1906 in Muscogee, Florida, Bessie Lee Pittman grew up in poverty, and with very little in the way of schooling. At eight years old, her family moved to […]
