Work has brought me to Las Vegas this week, and my fiancé and I decided to make a fun weekend out of it. We came to Vegas on Friday. I'm currently staying at the Westin Casuarina (she has since departed), but on Friday night we stayed at the Golden Nugget on Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. "Why on earth would we stay there?" you might ask..

Well, a few years back, The Golden Nugget installed a shark tank, and they put it right smack ...

Our October honeymoon begins in Mauritius, and we were really hoping to be able to book at the brand new St. Regis Mauritius. Thankfully, now we can! The St. Regis Mauritius has had its fair share of delays. The opening has been pushed back multiple times, but it looks like this time it's for real, as the booking system is already open.

There are a bunch of great properties to redeem points at on the island of Mauritius. In Starwood land, ...

South Park is back with its 16th season, and I couldn't be happier. I've been watching since Season 1, and it's actually the only TV show I watch regularly (although I do love Modern Family as well). Episode 1 of this season took a particularly hard stab at the TSA, and it was absolutely HILARIOUS. I won't give too much away. I'll just say that the episode is definitely NOT good for kids, as if you expected otherwise.... and TSA = Toilet Safety ...

Introduction

Flights from San Francisco to Mauritius

Lodging in Mauritius

Flights from Mauritius to Luxor

Egypt Lodging

Flights to Cairo to the Maldives

Maldives Lodging

Flights from the Maldives back to San Francisco

I think the "ultimate free honeymoon" is something that many young business travelers aspire to attain. Maybe they're consultants or maybe they work in sales, but either way, they spend a lot of time in airplanes ...

Really, United? A cheap little paper cup for my hot nuts?

I hope this was a simple error in stocking the flight, rather than a foreshadowing of more of Jeff Smisek's changes that he "thinks we'll like."