Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Escape from New York

November 8th, 2007

 By Restless
Two and a half years after planes were flown into the Twin Towers, I moved to New York City. I’d been thinking about living in New York City for like 30 years, yet there had always been something daunting about it – cold, distant, big, tough. Shy and easily crowd-shocked, close to my dysfunctional […]

News: Truck Pushes Man in Wheelchair Down the Highway

June 7th, 2007

 
From CNN.COM:
Truck takes man in wheelchair on a wild ride
PAW PAW, Michigan (AP) — A man was taken on a wild ride when his wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was accidentally pushed down a highway for four miles at about 50 mph, authorities said.
The 21-year-old man, whose name was not […]

News: Mystery Kitty Makes Daily Commute on Bus to Fish Shop

April 9th, 2007

 
From The Daily Mail UK:
Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops
Bus drivers have nicknamed a white cat Macavity after it has started using the No 331 several mornings a week.
The feline, which has a purple collar, gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton bus at the same stop most mornings - he then jumps […]

News: Couple take cab ride from New York City to Arizona

April 9th, 2007

 
From MSNBC.COM:
New York couple hail cab for 2,400 mile trip
Cabbie to turn off meter for $3,000 flat fee, plus expenses, for ride to Ariz.
NEW YORK - Betty and Bob Matas have retired and are moving to Arizona, but like many New Yorkers they don’t drive, and they don’t want their cats to travel all that […]