By a margin of just over 2000 votes out of 60,000, American Airlines workers voted to keep the new tail design the airline adopted shortly before the AA/USAir merger. There’s a while to go before it’s everywhere: Painting a whole fleet takes time, and the first priority will be to paint the 580 planes inherited from USAir. DETAILS

Longue Vue House and Gardens: a Different New Orleans
Miles away from the French Quarter and tourist New Orleans, Marilyn visits a beauty spot







Heavy sigh. Good taste seems always to be a minority attribute. I may be forced to rethink my frequent flyer situation, unless they opt to promote the minority to lifetime business class. It seems only fair.