This is a crazy good amazing deal and won’t last–and requires you to be flexible with last minute plans. Secret Flying has a large selection of flight deals to Europe that leave TOMORROW from Boston.  It includes cities such as Geneva, Nice, and Vienna. If I didn’t have such a busy …
Read More »The Time the Air Marshall Sprung to Action on My Flight
Recently, author Annie F. Downs was tweeting, trying to figure out if an air marshal was on her flight. Sometimes I’ve wondered. Â One time I found out for sure. From my memories: While boarding was going on, the gentleman in front of me in first class asked the flight attendant …
Read More »How to Get into the NYC Broadway Ticket Lottery without Leaving the Hotel
The Broadway ticket lottery is a system where last-minute unsold show seats go for really low prices. This is different from TKTS because it isn’t merely a discount, it’s basically a fire sale. Tickets can cost as low as $30 for seats right near the front. How It Used to Be …
Read More »An Orchestra of Jedi Children Played the Star Wars Theme with Lightsabers
No, this isn’t a dream I had last night.  (Though once, I dreamed that an army of storm troopers started tap dancing to Tea for Two). I’m sadly serious about that. A group of children from  École de l’Harmonie elementary school in Quebec, Canada dressed up as jedi and disguised their bows as lightsabers while …
Read More »How to Get Your Dog to Potty in the Airport or at a Rest Stop
My dog is already a traveler. Â In fact, I’m tempted to get her a Swarm/FourSquare account to keep track of where she’s been. Â Just kidding… sorta. When we got her, I got really great advice from my friend, Yael. Â She said, I know you are going to take her traveling. …
Read More »I’m Not Digging This Whole Ordering-from-an-App Airport Trend
Let’s face it. Â Having tablets across a bar and at individual seats looks cool. I even ooo-ed over the DCA Terminal A renderings. Â (which is the first time I’ve ever ooo-ed over anything Terminal A related). But I’m not actually a fan of the tablets overall. I was just at …
Read More »How to Spend as Little as Possible in Vegas
I’ve already told you hold to get into clubs for free. So, what else can you do to reduce the cost of going to Vegas? Vegas seems to be one of those towns where your money grows legs and walks away. You get in this warped set of thinking where …
Read More »What Are the Odds for My Baseball Teams This Season?
My favorite three MLB teams have the three best records so far, a third of the way through the season. Math geeks – what are the odds? Show your work. I was okay at math but the worst I ever did was on a test about statistics and factorials in …
Read More »Free License to You Need a Budget (YNAB) for College Students
College was where I discovered cash-back cards and the wonderful world of “getting something for nothing”.  (In quotes on purpose). They literally gave out credit cards more than they gave out candy.  Which resulted in some of my friends having to get jobs, fast, freshman year. Credit cards generally teach you to …
Read More »Get a Free Drink with This New App
This new app will give you one free drink per day in a bar near you. This week’s theme seems to be “drinking for free”.  Yesterday, I write about how to get into Las Vegas clubs for free. Frink is a start-up that just launched in Hoboken, NJ.  Their business model …
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