Since the tragedy of September 11 took place over 18 years back, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has donated various items from the WTC to be displayed in public spaces around the c...
The TSA finds lots of interesting things in people’s luggage. Recently, a 20 pound lobster was discovered (which was legal). They also blocked a giant Teddy bear from flying! Dangerous items li...
https://michaelwtravels.boardingarea.com/2017/07/tsa-finds-gun-hidden-suitcase-lining/
Uber changed the game in a big way for those who are looking for a potentially better option than a traditional taxi. The company offers competitive prices but has had some trouble recently. For ...
https://michaelwtravels.boardingarea.com/2017/04/woman-deservedly-receives-lifetime-ban-uber/
A man smuggled endangered turtles into JFK Airport through the international mail facility in an interesting way. The Queens man hid the turtles in packages labeled as snacks! The smuggler, Hsien...
Visiting the big city can be scary and overwhelming for some and one NYC tourist had a bit of bad (and good) luck recently. The man, 23 year old Connor Rasmussen came to New York to propose to hi...
https://michaelwtravels.boardingarea.com/2016/12/nyc-tourist-stabbed-head-midtown/
You definitely need to be careful if you invite somebody back to your hotel room that you just met. One man is now paying the price for inviting a special someone that he met at a lounge back to ...
https://michaelwtravels.boardingarea.com/2016/11/mans-18000-rolex-stolen-from-nyc-hotel/
I recently wrote about one of the odder stories I’ve come across in a while. The owner of the Dream Hotel NYC, Vikram Chatwal was wanted by the NYPD for allegedly lighting a couple of dogs on f...
This is just one strange story… The owner of the Dream Hotel NYC is wanted by the NYPD for a pretty disgusting crime. Vikram Chatwal allegedly lit two dogs on fire outside his SoHo home. Before...
The first time I ever saw those Love Locks on a bridge was somewhere in the Baltics around 10 years back. (I’m pretty sure that it was in Latvia.) It’s definitely common to see them on bridge...
https://michaelwtravels.boardingarea.com/2016/10/now-illegal-brooklyn-bridge/
Early in 2016 I wrote about a very interesting and potentially useful communications network coming to New York City called LinkNYC. The systems were to provide free WiFi, charging ports, phone c...
https://michaelwtravels.boardingarea.com/2016/09/linknyc-no-web-search-kiosks-due-porn-masturbation/