http://matadortravel.com/blog/6306 en http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/united-states/tinakafka/the-shiny-black-engine-that-could-and-did <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"> “Chug, chug chug, puff, puff, puff went the little blue engine.” In 1954, one year after steam engine #3751 pulled its last passenger train from Los Angeles to San Diego, author Watty Piper told children everywhere his tale of the little  engine that <em>could</em> triumph by dint of sheer...</p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/united-states/tinakafka/the-shiny-black-engine-that-could-and-did">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/united-states/tinakafka/the-shiny-black-engine-that-could-and-did#comment Other Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:18:36 -0500 tinakafka 77944 at http://matadortravel.com http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/united-states/tinakafka/silence-is-golden <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>I forgot to bring my own headphones on board my JetBlue flight from San Diego to JFK last week, and those little foam rubber substitutes that will no longer be provided for free after June 1 are just so uncomfortable.  So, I decided instead to entertain myself by watching <em>Leave It To Beaver</em> without...</p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/united-states/tinakafka/silence-is-golden">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/united-states/tinakafka/silence-is-golden#comment Actions Speak Louder Than Words! Other Fri, 16 May 2008 15:25:36 -0500 tinakafka 75172 at http://matadortravel.com