Air Travel Guide

Grandma’s stoicism and baby monopolizing bug parents.

Both single and coupled-up Seattleites should rejoice—our city offers countless ways to add vim and va-va-voom to relationships, whether you’re just starting or well settled.

You just don’t feel the same as you do on the ground – your throat may feel dry, even parched, or you feel the start of a headache – blame it on the air.

Commercial flights have cabins that are pressurized for the comfort and safety of passengers, but it would be misleading to believe that they are set to the air pressure you would feel at most ground levels. Instead they are set at the altitude of a decent sized mountain, which is why people with a cold will often feel worse, alcohol may have a stronger effect, and your feet may swell.

The Air in the Air is written to expose the inflight environment, and why you just might not feel the same way at 35,000 feet as you do on the ground.

The Air in the Airplane originally appeared on About.com Air Travel on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 00:54:50.

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Pizza lovers will be thrilled to hear that Totonno’s will reopen on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 according to New York Magazine’s Grub Street (who first heard it from Slice.)

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Totonno’s To Re-open! originally appeared on About.com New York City Travel on Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 19:53:34.

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In response to the snow storm that swept across the region, Gov. Ed Rendell declared a state of emergency for the entire Commonwealth Saturday.

Valentine’s Day is a busy time of year at the Vermont Teddy Bear Co. You can still send a Bear Gram (Buy Direct) and have a cuddly stuffed buddy shipped to your Valentine. Better yet, surprise your sweetie with a trip to the Vermont Teddy Bear factory, where you can watch bears being made and even design and stuff your very own bear. Join me on a photo tour of the place where these lovable bears are born.

_{Vermont Teddy Bear photo © 2002 Kim Knox Beckius.}

Take a Teddy Tour originally appeared on About.com New England Travel on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at 16:50:39.

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Business started to return to some semblance of normalcy Sunday as the Pittsburgh area began to dig itself out of the monstrous snow storm that blanked the region with nearly two feet of snow.