Paris

Back last night from a 4 night/ 5 day trip to Paris/ La Rochelle

As good as I remembered it / got great weather.

Squeezed in 2 museums/ got tickets to go up Arc de Triomphe/ river cruise on the Seine so made the most of our time

When we walked down the Champs-Élysées unfortunately all the…

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Paris

Back last night from a 4 night/ 5 day trip to Paris/ La Rochelle

As good as I remembered it / got great weather.

Squeezed in 2 museums/ got tickets to go up Arc de Triomphe/ river cruise on the Seine so made the most of our time

When we walked down the Champs-Élysées unfortunately all the…

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Free Antique Clock Give-away!

It is that time again, I need to thin out my collection and some lucky TRFer can have this clock completely free. The serial number dates it to 1938 and I restored it about a year ago, running perfectly. If you are interested, just post something here in this thread and this Saturday, at exactly…

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AMEX Travel: Experiences

I recently started traveling a lot for work and back and forth to Fla.

So I was told I should get the Platinum card for all the travel benefits.

So far, I have tried 3 different types of trips with them, and they are always way overpriced.

I am right now on the phone with them. I…

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Officer Down, Newark PD, NJ

Detective Joseph Azcona was shot and killed Friday while investigating illegal weapons possession at the corner of Carteret Street and Broadway Friday evening.

At 6:37 p.m. Detective Azcona and another officer arrived at the intersection of Carteret Street and Broadway to question a subject…

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DHL asking for SS# and tax forms??

I bought a watch online and it’s shipping from Switzerland into the USA. I got an email from DHL stating the following and that the shipment is on hold:

*Effective Feb 4 any shipment with contents originating from China or Hong Kong and valued over $250 or otherwise requiring a formal entry with…

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Matching Rubber Straps

For those of you who wear rubber straps, whether oyster flex or otherwise, how fastidious are you about matching to belt and so on?

I’ve always been inclined to match and tend to wear more brown leather, but my wife just gifted me the amazing ADLC Santos. I have no concerns wearing with jeans…

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