Fort Lauderdale has worked hard to wipe away its Spring Break destination reputation by banning drinking on the beaches and requiring folks to be 21 or older to check into a hotel, but the town hasn't given up the party completely.

The main drag, A1A, is still populated with bars and restaurants, almost all with outdoor patios, and on a recent Saturday night last month, we spotted folks salsa-ing on the sidewalks and making out along the beach wall. Everyone seemed to be having a good time and there was nary a wet t-shirt contest in sight.

Then we spotted this--a free tattoo shuttle to the Tattoo Blues shop. Ok, this might seem like nirvana when you've been downing tequila shots all day and you've been struck with the inspiration to get Justin Bieber tattooed on your derriere but will you think the free shuttle was such a good idea the next morning? Probably not.

All we have to say is ride with care. After all, friends don't let friends ride the free tattoo shuttle unless they've been thinking about getting that tattoo for at least a month.

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Virgin America officially celebrated their international launch yesterday, of flights to and from LAX/SFO and Toronto, by naming the plane in honor of hip hop artist, Toronto native and most importantly, "DeGrassi High: The Next Generation" star Drake.

Here's a look at Air Drake complete with a mention of his new album, Thank Me Later, which just dropped on June 15. Ok, you still don't know who he is but check out Wikipedia for a brief introduction.

Onboard the flight was also Richard Branson, CEO David Cush, The Governator (just for the LA-SFO leg), Giles Martini (aka the Naked Man from Sex and the City 1), Eric Roberts, Audrina's ex-BF Ryan Cabrera, Cheryl Burke and hotelier Jason Pomeranc whose new hotel in Toronto--The Thompson Toronto—everyone onboard shacked up at later.]]> juliana 2010-06-30T13:26:00-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/3/2/171613/4068

The other month, our friend decided to celebrate her 30-something-ish birthday by having a group of friends load up in a stretch limo and attend the totally random Medieval Times in Buena Park near Disneyland. You may be thinking that our friend is either crazy or having a mid-life crisis about turning 30-something-ish. Truthfully, it was more the former than the latter.

Nevertheless, we signed up for this gig and at $62 per person, ticket and limo ride included, we thought Medieval Times could be fun. We do watch The Tudors after all.

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Guess what we saw this weekend! That's right, it's the rumored Holland Tourism train, which is really just the S Train in the New York City subway system, but wrapped in advertising.

The genius ad campaign comes from the Netherlands Board of Tourism, who are hoping that when you're sandwiched into a subway car filled with their images of bicycles next to canals and famous Dutch paintings, that you'll get it into your head to maybe vacation in Amsterdam or anywhere in Holland during one of your two weeks off a year. We don't think we've ever been on the S Train simply because the 7 Train does the same route, but when we spotted this one idling at Times Square, we noted that it was packed with people who were about to fall prey to the subliminal messaging of the ads. Score for Holland!

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We've already expressed our repulsion at the baggage fees that airlines keep piling on passengers these days but we were appalled at this fee that we saw United Airlines leveraging on passengers at the Kahului Airport (OGG) in Maui, Hawaii yesterday.

The sign says,

$125 charge for checked bags over 50lbs.

Usually, we understand that overweight bags should be dinged for their heftiness but $125? That is just thievery. And according to United's website, oversized baggage costs $175. Ugh. Better consider shipping that luggage instead.

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We already knew that MC Hammer was digging on the in-flight WiFi provided by Virgin America on his flight last month. But now, VA has put up a TwitPic on their own Twitter feed giving us photographic evidence of Hammer doing his thang in-flight today, in first-class of course. Hmmm...no Mac, Hammer? What's up with that?

Meanwhile, Southwest has put up their own update on in-flight WiFi saying that WiFi is testing great (obvs) and that provider Row 44 is in the final stage of securing permanent licenses for the service.

Southwest has operated the service on more than 500 flights and more than 9,000 Customers have logged on. Folks are utilizing Wi-Fi for anything from e-mail to surfing the net to Facebook and the feedback so far has been great. Comments we are hearing from Customers are that the service is fast and they’re pleased with the quality of streaming media.

WiFi service will be available on Southwest through the spring. Remember to look for tail numbers N901WN, N902WN, N906WN, and N907WN--those are the planes equipped with WiFi.

Have you joined the Mile High In-Flight WiFi Club? Let us know how it went.

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