Hanging out at Surrey's Cafe in New Orleans - one of several excuses I'm providing for being behind on the blogging
Let’s work backwards. I wrote a post about an organization that provides legal support to veterans for the Changemakers blog as part of today’s Revelation to Action retweet competition. I’ve also been playing around with Net Impact Boston’s Ning site (still private but will link to it once it’s public) and following up on various opportunities that will hopefully come together this year.
To shift gears, I need to give a quick shout-out to Travelzoo and JetBlue. On Monday morning, I received an email from Travelzoo saying that JetBlue was having a $10 fare sale for travel on Tuesday and Wednesday. Dan and I went straight to the site but were having trouble figuring out where to go since all the Caribbean destinations were filling up. Then finally, with time running out, I started the booking process for New Orleans while Dan called work to let them know he wouldn’t be in tomorrow. (At that point, it was more telling than asking.) And in a 24-hour period that feels more like a dream than reality, we had a fantastic mini-trip to the Big Easy. More on that later, including dining recommendations from my friend Anne and our host at the Ursuline Guest House.
One last thing, which I’ll delve into in a later post, but on Sunday I finished Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn and was completely re-energized about the work that Dan and I are planning to do in the next few years. We’ve gotten pretty good at owning the uncertainties of our current situation and making the most of the opportunities we have but once in a while, you just need a little boost….
Tags: Blogging, Changemakers, JetBlue, Net Impact, New Orleans, Travel, Travelzoo, Veterans
