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Visual Diary of Trans-Atlantic Flight

I sympathized with so many of the sketches and they each capture a painful aspect of long-distance air travel so well. I also love the concept of a visual diary. I think I’ll try to explore this a bit more on my travels. It aptly demonstrates so many things words can’t. Enjoy!

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/red-eye/

By Gülay Birand
Published: August 20, 2010
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David Sedaris Makes Me Laugh

If you have a subscription to the New Yorker, I highly recommend you don’t miss out on David Sedaris’s  “Standing By,” in the August 9 issue of the New Yorker.

His account of our behavior during, and general frustration surrounding, air travel is a comical revelation only in the way that David Sedaris can describe. I was howling with laughter when I read his commentary regarding American travel attire (washing shoe polish off of a pig, indeed) and how we form awkward alliances with fellow passengers during the sometimes, lengthy waits.

His article also reminds me of Steven Slater’s recent and very dramatic exit from a landed aircraft and his Stewarding career, with beer in hand.

While I love traveling, I don’t include being in transit as part of that – unless somehow my mojo kicks in and I’m assigned a business class seat. Now, that’s tolerable.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/09/100809fa_fact_sedaris

By Gülay Birand
Published: August 14, 2010
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