A few months ago, I went to the Dallas Metro Area to check out the annual Plano Balloon Festival. The festival was supposed to be one of the best in north Texas so I had to check it out. The Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area is…
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Phillips Loop Blog Top 19 Posts for 2019
2019 was a very slow year for me posting to the blog. It is not for lack of content but lack of focus on my part. There will be a better effort from me to post as soon as possible after completing a trip or receiving travel related news. As I said…
UPDATE: Equifax Data Breach Settlement
Over the past year or so, I have written about the Equifax Data Breach that occurred in 2017. There was a subsequent post about how those affected by the breach could file a claim for free credit monitoring or money. If you are…
Fuel Dumped on Elementary School Students as Delta 777 Makes Emergency Landing
On Tuesday, a Delta Airlines Flight 89, a Boeing 777-200 traveling from Los Angeles International Airport to Shanghai, experienced an inflight emergency…
Review: Duckfat
A few weeks ago, I went to New England for a few days of skiing, eating and overall relaxing. I will not review the flight because there was not much to riding Economy Class in…
Review: Axe Republic – Williamsburg
A few weeks ago, I had another opportunity to travel to the east coast for work. During this time, I was able to catch up with members from my unit. This particular night was that of the annual holiday party. I did not know what to…
A Day of Nuisances on American Airlines
Hey y’all. I just arrived in Charlotte after spending the past few days on the east coast for work. The intent of this post is to share some of the things that annoyed me during a long day of traveling on Thursday. Any one of these things alone, would…
Edmund Pettus Bridge
As I wrote in my previous post, I was in Alabama from mid-October until late November. I did not necessarily want to do, but I kind of like being in the Air Force, so I went. Alabama is not a…
Phillips Loop Blog Update
Hey y’all. I went radio silent on you a few months back due to being away for training for the Air Force. The training took me to the lovely city of Montgomery, Alabama. If you have never been that far south…
Nozomi Shinkansen in 5 Pictures
The ride on the Nozomi Shinkansen from Tokyo to Fukuoka was the main purpose of the trip to Asia. I was excited to meet up with my family who were visiting in laws in Tokyo. My son is the reason for all of this so…
Singapore Airlines 777-300 Business in 5 Pictures
I arrived in Singapore just as my flight to Tokyo was boarding. This bummed me out because I would have loved to visit the Singapore Airlines SilverKris Business Class Lounge. It was not meant to be…
Singapore Airlines A330 Business in 5 Pictures
The train to my Asia trip full report continues to roll on. At this point, I have edited a ton of the photos and I am progressing through he rest. This next 5 pictures post will be of…
JAL 787-800 Economy in 5 Pictures
As I continue to edit the hundreds of pictures from my trip to Asia, I will continue to provide the 5 pictures posts to hold you all over until the full reviews are published. The 5 pictures posts provided are…
How Long Did My Chase Fraud Investigation Take?
A few months back, during my trip to Asia, I wrote about a debit and credit card being skimmed while in Thailand. The trip started well because I got to fly aboard Japan Airlines 787-900 for the first time, but it went into the…
JAL 787-900 Premium Economy in 5 Pictures
I am finally getting around to editing pictures from my most recent trip to Asia. The primary purpose of the trip was to ride the Nozomi Shinkansen from Tokyo to Fukuoka with my son…