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I thought the Bell Centre in Montreal last year did a better job. For example, they figured out on the second day to section off some of the men’s bathrooms for women to use. Problem solved. And I don’t remember folks being turned out into the freezing cold to line up again. Here I felt like a...

Southern California resident of several decades and previous fire survivor here. I've seen the population here triple since the 1950s, and there's still not enough housing. They keep building and there's nowhere to go except up the hillsides and the canyons. These are places where you shouldn't...

Her "snake" dress was on display last March at World's in Montreal. It was utterly dazzling.

I just got my individual tix for all finals MS and WS. I booked on the Ticketmaster website with my laptop and all the tickets appeared on my phone app (iPhone). Job done in about 40 minutes.

€1200 for the gala? They've got to be kidding. It's sort of sad that the bulk of the tickets go to the corporate sponsors of the Olympics, and the fans who support the sport for the previous three years and fifty weeks are essentially left out--unless they've got a trust fund to dip into.

Don’t dope, don’t cheat, don’t lie about it, and maybe it will.

I used to work as a tour guide for a 5-star hotel. Once I had to gate greet somebody at LAX (pre-9/11 days). Coming off the same flight was Celia Cruz. I was standing with her driver. You could barely recognize her—gray hair and in a wheel chair, all bundled up—but two days later she was...

For god’s sake, don’t go near that pizza! It outwardly appears as pizza but will not sustain human life. In desperation I ingested some yesterday and this morning I felt like the worst ultra-processed product imaginable was replicating through my cells.

And did you notice there were no sinks either? Don’t guys wash their hands? If this happens tomorrow, when you walk out look across and you’ll see a hand sanitizer station.

Presumably you use this if you don't have Global Entry?

If you have a backpack purse, make sure you go through a security line with a female inspector. They’ll know what the purse is about; the guys won’t necessarily. I can’t remember what arena I had to do that one at.

Thank you so much for bolding that tablets are banned! I would have brought my iPad mini to read books on during the breaks and now will make sure to bring a paperback.

Another good charity that is already bringing aid to Maui is World Central Kitchen. This is the organization headed by Chef José Andrés. So far, they've been bringing food and meals to the first responders and to houses that are sheltering dozens of people who have lost everything. I donated to...

People should stay away from Maui until the islanders say it's okay to return. Resources are going to be thin for awhile, so go elsewhere in Hawaii. I went through a horrendous fire some years ago in a resort town in California, and one of the worst things was when the police let the general...

My son was just at one of the 5-star resorts north of Lahaina with his wife and kids. They're now in Honolulu. His description of the other hotel guests sounded like something out of the White Lotus. People were continuing to play golf, some were blithely asking for "fresh towels," and one woman...