Category Archives: Beer

Podcast #131 — Twitter Concierge Customer Service; London Tube Story

Posted by mark on July 30, 2017 1 comment

This past week in Atlanta Hartfield Airport, when I traveled across four terminals to find a restaurant serving a nice selection of local Atlanta beers, I finally had to admit that I have a craft beer problem. In addition to this confession, I talk about about taking the London Underground back from the big Adele […]

Podcast #128 — Hunt for Experiences; Pop-Up Entertainment

Posted by mark on March 31, 2017 Comments Off on Podcast #128 — Hunt for Experiences; Pop-Up Entertainment

It’s a very Paris-centric episode; I’m still trying to drop the weight I picked up on our 10-day stay. I talk about hunts for beer and pastry took us out of the usual Notre Dame-to-Eiffel Tower-to-Louvre tourist triangle, some of the interesting buskers we saw along the way, and my surprise at Munich Airport receiving […]

Podcast #124 — Craft Beer Hunting; I Hate Rick Steves

Posted by mark on September 28, 2016 2 comments

My son joins the podcast to talk about hunting down craft beers. I then talk about a few “a-ha” moments from my recent trip to Scotland, my on-going struggles with bitch tweeting, a VPN hardware product that could come in handy, and why I’ve come to hate the Rick Steves travel juggernaut. All this and […]

Podcast #111 — Seatback Recline Wars; Craft Beer Tourism

Posted by mark on October 12, 2014 Comments Off on Podcast #111 — Seatback Recline Wars; Craft Beer Tourism

I tried to hold back, but I just couldn’t. I have to finally weigh in on the seatback recline wars. I’m stunned at the number of people who convert a couple of inches of seat movement into some sort of Manichean morality play. From that you can probably guess where I come out on this. On […]

Podcast #101 — Future of Mileage Tracking Tools; Searching for Local Food and Craft Beer

Posted by mark on October 25, 2012 2 comments

Back in the TravelCommons studios after a couple months of summer break. We open up with thoughts about skipping rental cars, sharing listener comments on the Chicago Layover Excursion video, and the current state of American Airlines — great new airplanes, deteriorating on-time stats. Michael Komarnitsky, the founder and CEO of GoMiles, talks about why […]