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Markets in Everything: Getting Leaves Shipped from New England

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Can’t fit traveling to New England to see the fall foliage into your travel calendar? No worries–for $19.99, ShipFoliage.com will send autumn to you.  Well, some leaves at least. According to Time.com: It’s gimmicky, of course, but maybe not quite as much as you’d think. According to the website, the …

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Flooding in the Desert–On best laid plans

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I’m a huge Mlife fan and always have a difficult choice in hotels when going to Vegas. This trip, I was pretty certain where I wanted to go. Okay, not the real beach, but the beach at the Mandalay Bay. I packed up and left Virginia, where a massive Nor’easter was …

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I Miss US Airways’ Upgrade Communication Style

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I loved the way US Airways communicated about your upgrades. As soon as your window for upgrades opened, US Airways would send you an email. If upgrades weren’t released yet, it would tell you that upgrades are not yet available yet, but they would send you an email once they …

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