TL;DR – The hotel is like a hot girl who knows she’s hot – she’s just not going to put in a lot of effort. Introduction Yesterday, I wrote about our Amtrak trip to Portland. I decided to stay at The Nines (an SPG Luxury Collection hotel) because it was centrally located and probably the “nicest” points […]
Introduction I’ve lived in Seattle now for nearly 10 years and have never taken Amtrak. It’s one of those things that you know you SHOULD do, but you never get around to doing it… well the wife had a 4 day weekend, and instead of trying to find last minute flights, I decided we would […]
Introduction I had applied for a Discover It card last September 2015 for my wife to take advantage of the Apple Pay / Discover promo. Well, Discover emailed this out yesterday: This seems to have only gone out to new card members. Existing card members didn’t seem to get the email (even if […]
Introduction My dad used to give me $10 each time I cut the grass – it took me about 30 minutes to cut both the front and back yards, in the Texas heat no less. Needless to say, I HATED it, but I got paid, so I did it. I mean, how else was I […]
Jetblue Virgin America match I’m sure most of you have seen the post already. I’m in Portland this weekend, so only sent in my screenshot on Friday night. I know a couple of people who have gotten confirmed already. This makes that MR -> VX -> AS deal even better. For me based in Seattle, […]