http://www.tiffanyhawk.com Writer Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:31:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How I Earned My Wings Back I got married a few months ago, but my husband — a proud Air Force pilot from a small town in Georgia — doesn’t know how we met. Rather, he doesn’t know the path that led me to him. By the time he was perched ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/essaysfiction/my-recent-new-york-times-story/ Wake up, Flight Crews! As we cram into airplanes this holiday season, there is an aspect of air travel that we’re likely to be putting out of our minds — pilots asleep at the yoke and flight attendants so tired their mental states can be likened to a drunken stupor. Most ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/essaysfiction/93/ Since everyone has been asking me if I’ve told my husband yet, I thought I’d answer publicly. When I wrote the story, I wasn't too worried because come on – what was my chance of having it accepted by The New York Times? Then Dan Jones called. It was time ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/status-update/ My recent New York Times story How I Earned My Wings Back I got married a few months ago, but my husband — a proud Air Force pilot from a small town in Georgia — doesn’t know how we met. Rather, he doesn’t know the path that led me to him. ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/91/ My recent Los Angeles Times story Wake up, Flight Crews! As we cram into airplanes this holiday season, there is an aspect of air travel that we're likely to be putting out of our minds -- pilots asleep at the yoke and flight attendants so tired their mental states can be ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/86/ Up in the Air Six legs or non-stop? An extreme breed of frequent flyers called mileage runners would jump on those the extra legs. Find out why and how. MORE http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/85/ Telegraph, Telephone, Tell a Flight Attendant That last refuge for being unreachable en route is fast shrinking across the skies. Although the FCC just renewed its ban on in-flight cell phone use in the U.S., international carriers are helping their passengers stay in touch. Find out what flight attendants may do ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/84/ Lounge Luxury If bubble baths, cigar lounges and gourmet restaurants don’t sound like your standard airport experience, you haven’t been to Germany lately. Or at least to Lufthansa’s new first class terminal in Frankfurt. MORE http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/83/ Up in Smoke Good news for smokers: you’ll no longer have to resort to sticking your head inside an airplane toilet bowl in hopes of fooling the smoke detector. Now you can chainsmoke your way from Germany to Japan. MORE http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/82/ Inside the A380 Since conception, we’ve been dreaming of what we’d see. Best case scenario: casinos, duty-free shops and whirlpool tubs. Worst case scenario: 853 passengers, standing-room only. MORE http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/81/ Class Warfare The classes used to be kept apart by curtains. Now they get their own airlines. MORE ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/80/ Plane Insanity While most travelers are content to rent, the elite are increasingly looking to buy — hotel rooms, cruise ship cabins, private islands… and the eight-story high, 10,000-square-foot, $300-million Airbus A380. An anonymous Middle Eastern multi-billionaire has ordered the biggest, most expensive plane in history to use as his ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/plane-insanity/ Of course there are ports of call, but when the Crystal Serenity hosts its Wine and Food Festival cruise, it’s all about the eating in between. by Tiffany Hawk His arm brushes past me as he leans in to grind fresh black pepper over my salad. I close my eyes and take ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/travel/love-at-first-bite/ To understand Sapphire chef Azmin Ghahreman’s acclaimed cuisine only by his menu is to understand the iceberg only by its tip. To appreciate the dimensions of his cooking, you must understand his home life. By Tiffany Hawk “A blessed home is when you smell food,” says chef Azmin Ghahreman of the ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/features/home-away/ With seven television shows and a rapidly growing number of films set in Orange County, we’re enjoying a few minutes of fame and an unprecedented opportunity. By TIFFANY HAWK When Matt Ouimet, who was living in Florida at the time, was asked to move to Orange County to take over as president ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/features/the-reel-oc/ Although it was a real need to get from point “a” to “b” that made him a pilot at 10 years old (he grew up in a remote and roadless part of Alaska), Ty Frisbee refuses to see airplanes as transportation. In fact, 99% of his flights take off and ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/profiles/on-the-fly/ When people meet Gregory Wilson of Costa Mesa, they don’t know whether to fear him or love him. Usually, they do both – then pay him for the pleasure. The one-time professional con man has given up the life of a pool hustler and card sharp, and now spends his ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/profiles/man-of-steal/ For as long as she can remember, 89-year-old Huntington Beach resident Vi Cowden has wanted to fly. At six years old, before she’d even heard of an airplane, she dreamed of soaring over her neighborhood like the hawks. At 24, this then first grade teacher (an “appropriate” career for a ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/profiles/fly-girl/ Primate Unknown Most people think Matt Moneymaker, the head of the San Juan Capistrano based Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, is insane. Some people would even call him a fraud, but a growing number of scientists think he’s on to something. “People have trouble accepting Bigfoot’s existence until they really look ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/profiles/bigfoot/ By Tiffany Hawk “You can leave your umbrella at the door,” says the hostess as she sashays toward the table I have reserved, no doubt expecting me to follow. I hesitate. “Can I really leave the umbrella unattended?” This is San Francisco, the city I left after three car break-ins in ... http://www.tiffanyhawk.com/travel/mission-statement/