How to kill scorpions
byYou may want to know how to kill scorpions if you find them in your house, as I do. Or maybe not. I am…
You may want to know how to kill scorpions if you find them in your house, as I do. Or maybe not. I am…
Almost all of the opportunist pickpocket’s dirty work is preventable. I agree, it’s not practical to live in preparation for the worst at any…
Our law enforcement friends in Mumbai do some creative police work. Methods that would never be tolerated in the U.S. Okay, so they knew…
If you just keep your eyes open, travel is full of laughs. This German menu, translated into English, amused me. “For salads we reached…
Would you feel threatened by the smiling face of this thief? Grocery cart pickpocket I’ve written about the grocery cart pickpocket before, but here’s…
Waiting at airport baggage carousels can be stressful. When will your bag come? Will your bag come? Baggage carousel extra info Copenhagen’s airport has…
Devil’s Breath drug, aka burundanga Hard to tell fact from fiction when researching “the world’s scariest drug” called Devil’s Breath, burundanga, and scopolamine. The…
Pickpocket payoff “I think you have something of mine. I’m gonna give you a choice,” the victim said to the pickpocket. “You can give…
Radisson USC doorknocker Masterknocker knock-off University of California’s official hotel for the parents of its college students is run by Radisson Hotels. Each room…
Luggage self-check Luggage self-check? There’s nothing new about self-checking in and getting boarding passes from an airport terminal. The KLM check-in machines at Amsterdam’s…
Shopping cart pickpockets on the loose! Just a reminder: don’t leave your purse in your grocery store shopping cart. It just takes a second…
Are they just white-dressed beggars? White-painted, white-draped “ghosts” are picking pockets in Stockholm’s most beautiful district, the national paper blared. Police are quoted: “The…
Strange signage in Norrtälje, Sweden. We all know what the red diagonal means. What do we make of this combination? • Do not hold…
Pickpockets in Pisa are so active we don’t even have to go looking for them. They’re right there. Are they everywhere? It seems so!…
We had a huge suite at the Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel in Barcelona. Surrounding the spacious bedroom, there was a sitting room, an office,…
This is my view out the taxi window. Or rather, this is my view OF the taxi window. I’m outraged. This is the entire…
The Pigeon Poop Pickpocket Ploy as perpetrated in Barcelona is devious. We discover the original Pigeon Poop Perp, who pretends to offer goodness. In…
A young pickpocket tries to take the wallet of a man being frisked by a police officer in downtown Rio. According to Globo, the…
Kajsas fish soup I dream of Kajsas’ fish soup! Since I started visiting Kajsas Fiskbistron (fish bistro) in the 90s, I always order only…
A good reminder, thanks to the Stockholm Police Department.
Pickpocket-proof clothes. The pros discuss the pros. There aren’t too many cons, except for those we foil wearing pickpocket-proof clothes.
Living statue street performers Living statue street performers in Europe have learned a new trick. Now they levitate. I’ve seen these floating swamis in…
How pickpockets steal from inside jacket pockets usually involves the application of something disgusting, much like the pigeon poop pickpocket does. Occasionally, they use…
I’m ready for lousy treatment from airlines. I expect it. Even from U.S. Airways, a member of the Star Alliance, of which I’m a…
Here’s another hotel oddity. The Marine Plaza Hotel in Mumbai got it a little wrong. The nice fabric shower curtain is on the inside,…
Bangkok theft has gotten bad enough that police have posted warnings about theft from tuk-tuk passengers. The convenient little auto-rickshaws, ubiquitous on the streets…
Durian. You love it. You hate it. Or you’ve never had it. This powerfully-fragrant fruit from Southeast Asia is considered so foul-smelling by some…
A lightning bolt of fear shoots down your spine when, returning late to your hotel room, you see the door is not fully closed….
The Pea Game Shills and Shells “It’s the talk that’s important,” Serge insisted, about the pea game. Each forceful word sent a curl of…
How the 3 shell game works. Video tape is a wonderful diagnostic tool when it comes to sleight of hand. In slow motion, we…