Rapid Travel Chai

On my mind: these Canada Goose parkas are everywhere in NY. My jaw dropped when my wife said they go for as much as $1,000! They look like any other $50 warehouse club parka. She said it is the perfect formula for Asian customers: “it is expensive and has a big, recognizable logo.” Not just Asian customers, though, with this snow storm I saw people of all of NY’s melting pot sporting these logos, even a few not in dull, matte black. They were in other dull, matte neutral tones.

Hacks:

• The Turkish Airlines Lounge at Washington Dulles is wow a Priority Pass lounge! See my review, most visitors do not know there is a separate bar and lounge down the hall, past the bathrooms.
• You can now redeem Aeroplan on GOL Airlines!
• Thoughts and feelings about BankAmericard Travel Rewards.

Travels:

• 7 Days, 1,500 miles in Namibia.
• Nuremberg Nazi site crumbles, but tricky questions on its future persists.’
• The greatest ancient picture gallery by William Dalrymple.

Events:

• Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as ‘unreliable’ source.
• A long-gone parasite returns to Florida, leaving a trail of dead deer.
• Michael Jordan finally wins the rights to his own name in Chinese following 5-year legal battle.

Ideas:

• Is travel broken or just evolving?
• How to understand Cuba beyond Castro.
• 13 things men should stop wearing this second.