People spend hundreds of thousands of dollars getting college and graduate degrees. For the grand total cost of zero dollars, I have learned hundreds of valuable lessons in what I like to call “The University of the Sky,” aka, working as a flight attendant. In addition to a regular paycheck and decent benefits, I get…

I read an article long ago about the things people leave behind on trains. Tokyo is literally crisscrossed with commuter trains that carry millions of passengers to and from various places every day. Most are traveling between homes and offices, but many others are just out and about in the world’s largest city. The article…

There are so many urban legends about Las Vegas that you just don’t know what to believe anymore. From friends, passengers and strangers, I’ve heard stories about the legendary city that have made me wonder. Is Las Vegas really all they say it is? I’ve been there many times but never spent more than one…

You learn some quick lessons when your “office” is an airplane cabin. In the first few months I worked in the air I found out that when people are unusually loud, there’s a reason. Of the hundreds of noisy passengers I’ve encountered in my career, 95 percent of them had had too much to drink…

I’m not a big gambler but do enjoy spending an occasional hour or two in the casinos just for fun. On past trips in Caribbean and Las Vegas casinos, I had a blast feeding a few dollars to the slot machines and trying my skill at the roulette tables. I’ve never won or lost much…

I’ve learned a lot about traveling in the Caribbean. Luckily, my job allows me to visit the Caribbean islands several times each year. Airline crew workers don’t always get a lot of time off, but it’s really fun to be able to explore and learn about the world’s most popular islands. On my last layover,…