A friend texted me about a frightening (and long) Uber ride he took.  He was attempting to get from DC to his place in Virginia–a place actually walking distance from the border with DC. Surge pricing was out, and he used the app to snag an Uber to get home. He watched …

Calbuco in Chile has erupted for the first time in over 40 years, causing flight cancellations in the area. According to Bloomberg.com:  The government declared a state of catastrophe in the area surrounding the Calbuco Volcano, about 960 kilometers (600 miles) south of Santiago, after two eruptions in the past 15 …

I keep running into the weirdest Hyatt bugs, but this one would have been particularly bad.  This has also happened to me at least once before and luckily I noticed it after booking and Hyatt was able to undo it.  In this case, I noticed during booking. I was looking …