The D.C.-bred rapper ran off a string of tweets the other night describing that most frustrating of travel woes: fighting with an airline over alleged on-board phone usage.
More than 100 members of the House of Representatives are leaning on federal regulators to allow what will be the world’s largest airline to keep all its positions at Washington Reagan National Airport.
A pro-choice activist who was on her way home from a conference on reproductive health care access earlier this week missed her flight after American Airlines employees prevented her from boarding on the grounds that her T-Shirt could have been seen as offensive to other passengers.
There was very little else for Londonist to be concerned with when the threat of a Tube strike became a very unpleasant reality. The inconvenience was extreme: there aren’t many alternatives to the Tube in London despite the best efforts of the Londonist team to get everyone from A to B. Brighter news came in the form of the first ever female Yeoman Warder, or Beefeater as the position is more commonly known, and…
Dine Out For Life On March 8 If you’ve been feeling guilty about all your meals out lately, get ready to wash that all away next week. The annual Dining Out For Life benefit will take place next Thursday, March 8. If you’re unfamiliar with the charity affair, it’s one day each year when dozens of area restaurants donate at least 25% of their profits to local charity Food and Friends. The event, which takes…
Pardon us, but our fandom is showing. Ok, so it’s showing a bit more then usual this week, but we have good reason. A savvy traveler picked up this issue of American Way magazine (check the seat pocket on your next American Airlines flight), which features an interview with local gal (and WB star) Lauren Graham. Graham, who plays the fast talking, quick witted Lorelai Gilmore on the WB’s hit pop-culture gabfest the Gilmore…
Dine Out for Life No, that’s not an inducement to enter a sweepstakes for a lifetime supply of dinner at Chili’s. It is, however, an opportunity for you to hit some good restaurants for a good cause. Dining Out for Life is sponsoring its annual charity event for Food & Friends, the local organization that prepares meals and groceries for local people suffering from devastating illnesses like HIV/AIDS and cancer. Food and Friends does this…
In the midst of the post-Thanksgiving rush at National Airport last night, two American Airlines flights from Miami and Chicago were sharing the same baggage carousel and a tiny former Olympic gymnast stood waiting for her bag. A DCist reader tells us that the petite Kerri Strug, who won America’s heart at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games, was wearing grey pants chatting on her cellphone. DCist’s post on Strug selling her armoire, which got cited…
