• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • HOME
  • NEWS+OPINIONS
    • NEWS TO US
    • COLUMNS
      • APPARENT HORIZON
      • DEAR READER
      • Close
    • LONGFORM FEATURES
    • OPINIONS
    • EDITORIAL
    • Close
  • ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
    • FILM
    • MUSIC
    • COMEDY
    • PERFORMING ARTS
    • VISUAL ARTS
    • Close
  • DINING+DRINKING
    • EATS
    • SIPS
    • BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU
    • Close
  • LIFESTYLE
    • CANNABIS
      • TALKING JOINTS MEMO
      • Close
    • WELLNESS
    • GTFO
    • Close
  • STUFF TO DO
  • TICKETS
  • ABOUT US
    • ABOUT
    • MASTHEAD
    • ADVERTISE
    • Close
  • BECOME A MEMBER

Dig Bos

The Dig - Greater Boston's Alternative News Source

DEAR READER: I’M THANKFUL FOR JETBLUE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 23, 2016 Filed Under: Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

2016-10-31-13-22-24

 

Dear Reader,

 

There are endless things that I religiously refuse to be affiliated with, and two items that top that list are product endorsements and winter month niceties. The latter because I am a workaholic, and though I do dip out to check my family on some major grub-centric occasions like Thanksgiving and Christmas, I otherwise have little use for the holidays, and prefer to write the nights away while enjoying the lack of incoming emails. As for lending my name to that of a commercial service or product, it’s not like companies are lining up to make me their new spokesperson or anything, but I generally find such shilling to be fraudulent. As if Tom Brady would sport UGGs without the deal.

 

All things considered, I nonetheless have zero reservations about shouting out JetBlue in our first issue of the holiday season. Some background: A few weeks ago, I learned that my grandmother passed back in New York. It had been expected, but I had also lost two other family members in the prior weeks, those ones not expected, and the grind of driving back and forth from Queens to Boston had cut into some important work. Most importantly, I had organized to meet with an entire group of people from the iconic Boston nonprofit Haley House to interview them for the oral history that appears in this week’s DigBoston. As difficult as it was to arrange, I almost had to cancel. That’s when I received an email from JetBlue. The subject line read: “You’re Invited: BOS-LGA Flight.”

 

It turned out my grandmother, who always loved a good deal, was getting buried on the same day of the inaugural trips by JetBlue between my native Queens (LaGuardia) and my adopted home of Boston (Logan). And that as a journalist, I got to fly for free on that particular day, enabling me to get back to the Hub in time for the Haley House interview. Considering that most of my family has died or relocated over the past couple of years, it would have been even better if JetBlue, my go-to airline anyway, connected through LaGuardia a long time ago, but I’ll take what I can get, and I’m thankful enough for the complimentary flight to appreciate the favor out loud.

 

CHRIS FARAONE, NEWS + FEATURES EDITOR

CHRIS FARAONE
+ posts

A Queens, NY native who came to New England in 2004 to earn his MA in journalism at Boston University, Chris Faraone is the editor and co-publisher of DigBoston and a co-founder of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. He has published several books including 99 Nights with the 99 Percent, and has written liner notes for hip-hop gods including Cypress Hill, Pete Rock, Nas, and various members of the Wu-Tang Clan.

  • CHRIS FARAONE
    https://digboston.com/author/chris-faraone/
    A Class Of Their Own: Cannabis Delivery Pioneers Finally Up And Rolling
  • CHRIS FARAONE
    https://digboston.com/author/chris-faraone/
    Comedian Alex Giampapa Will Smoke Weed With You. Including While On Stage
  • CHRIS FARAONE
    https://digboston.com/author/chris-faraone/
    Wana Fall Fast Asleep? Take Two Of These THC + CBN Gummies And Call Us In The Afternoon
  • CHRIS FARAONE
    https://digboston.com/author/chris-faraone/
    With Mass Cannabis At An Inflection Point, NECANN Adapts With Biggest Convention Yet

Filed Under: Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, JetBlue, LaGuardia, Logan, thanksgiving

WHAT’S NEW

The Legendary Past And Uncertain Future Of The Harvard Square Theatre

The Legendary Past And Uncertain Future Of The Harvard Square Theatre

State Wire: Funds Aim To Support Municipalities With Expanded Mail Voting

State Wire: Funds Aim To Support Municipalities With Expanded Mail Voting

Parks & Checks: Wasteful, Opaque Bookkeeping At Two City Of Boston Nonprofit Arms

Parks & Checks: Wasteful, Opaque Bookkeeping At Two City Of Boston Nonprofit Arms

Surf’s Upcycled: Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride

Surf’s Upcycled: Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride

State Wire: Public Supports Changes To High-Stakes Testing For Mass Students

State Wire: Public Supports Changes To High-Stakes Testing For Mass Students

State Wire: White Supremacist Gatherings, Incidents Hit All-Time High In New England

State Wire: White Supremacist Gatherings, Incidents Hit All-Time High In New England

Primary Sidebar

LOCAL EVENTS

AAN Wire


Most Popular

  • Does Massachusetts Underestimate Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
  • The Most Expensive Massachusetts City For Car Insurance (No, It’s Not Boston)
  • If You Find A Mini Felted Animal Around Boston, This Is Where It Came From
  • As Prices Soar, Fossil Fuel Industry Looks After Its Interests On Beacon Hill
  • FOTOBOM: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND @ TD GARDEN

Footer

Social Buttons

DigBoston facebook DigBoston Twitter DigBoston Instagram

Masthead

About

Advertise

Customer Service

About Us

DigBoston is a one-stop nexus for everything worth doing or knowing in the Boston area. It's an alt-weekly, it's a website, it's an email blast, it's a twitter account, it's that cool party that you were at last night ... hey, you're reading it, so it's gotta be good. For advertising inquiries: sales@digboston.com To reach editorial (and for inquiries about internship opportunities): editorial@digboston.com