by Ned S. Levi | Oct 29, 2012
This past week I was contacted about a photographer traveling on Delta Airlines from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, via both Salt Lake City International and JFK International. He had a roller carry-on bag filled with his expensive photographic...
by Ned S. Levi | Oct 22, 2012
When anyone travels to big cities, one of the most requested locations is where one can see and photograph the best panorama of the city. For a trip to New York City, that means the Empire State Building, or the Top of the Rock. While in New York City recently, I...
by Ned S. Levi | Oct 15, 2012
It could have been a scene right out of the movie “Airplane!” An airplane takes off from Boston’s Logan Airport, headed to Miami International. While climbing, a row of seats starts tipping backwards into the legs and laps of passengers behind it. Feet fly up...
by Ned S. Levi | Oct 8, 2012
Last week in my column, How’s the iPhone 5 for travelers?, I wrote about the new iPhone, but any review of the iPhone 5 isn’t complete without also looking at its new operating system, iOS6, which can also be installed in the iPhone 4S, 4, and 3GS. While iOS6 is...
by Ned S. Levi | Oct 1, 2012
I’ve had an iPhone 5 for a short time now to test and review it with regard to its use by travelers. Here’s my initial assessment. While the iPhone 5 sets a new mark as a high quality, highly useful smartphone, there’s nothing revolutionary about it,...
by Ned S. Levi | Sep 24, 2012
Last month, a 49-year-old San Diego, Calif., man, Richard White, was exploring Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, hiking alone in the Park. He came upon a large grizzly bear which attacked, mauled and killed him. His death was the first fatal bear mauling...