Want to know my favorite part of Southwest’s Spirit magazine? You don’t? Well, I can’t resist telling you anyway: It’s the upfront section called “The Numbers.” In the November issue, we learn the following very important stats:

You use 100% of your brain.
New Orleans was the No. 1 fast-growing city last year.

If you’ve seen the current "Cocktail" in the March issue of Spirit, you may wonder why we thought it was a good idea to make a milkshake with Guinness beer, using the recipe from the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas. Personally, I’ve had a Guinness shake—several of them, actually—and it’s really not bad.

As the editorial director of Southwest's inflight magazine, Spirit , I  like to whine to the mucketymucks at Pace Communications, the magazine's publisher, about all the hard work we mag folk do. But between you and me, we have way more fun than anyone has a right to.