July, 2013

• 3 July

  How I Accidentally “Joined the Mile High Club”

  

  Or, I should say, the biggest lesson I ever got in what can happen while you are out of pocket, and how you need to be careful before you are disconnected for hours. I’m a subscriber to Gogo Wireless Internet, so I sometimes use it just briefly while on a …

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• 2 July

  Wine: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  Tiff’s posts on Spirit’s wine-in-a-can inspired me to group together all the interesting wine tastings we’ve done during the tenure of this site.  Sometimes we’ve posted because it was so amazing we wanted to share the wine with the world–other times, ….it was wine in a can. Here are some …

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June, 2013

• 30 June

  My Favorite Restaurant in DC (That you should try too!)

  I wanted to share a great restaurant in DC–Dino in Cleveland Park, off the Red Line. Washington, DC has great restaurants, but I’ve always had trouble finding a good Italian Restaurant in DC.  About four years back, I had the opportunity to try Dino’s. I’ve been hooked ever since! Dino’s …

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• 29 June

  Pac Man Escapes, Almost Eats Airplane

  From Space.com and the files of “you have to see it to believe it,” –the sun appears to be eating an airplane. This incredible image was taken by photographer Phillip Calais, snapping a picture of a solar eclipse. “Getting the aircraft in was purely a chance shot, nothing more,” Calais …

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• 28 June

  Chase Sapphire Rental Car Insurance Saves My Day (and a few headaches)

  One of the benefits of the Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa Card is secondary insurance that covers damage to your rental vehicle.  Instead of paying upwards of $30 a day, the Chase Sapphire can cover damage to your rental car. This option hasn’t gotten a ton of love, mostly because it …

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• 27 June

  LOTS of Chances to Win a Vegas Trip, $100 Smackeroos, Daydream for Miles, and more!

  Here are some great contests going on now that you should enter! Win a Las Vegas Vacation from Hyatt and MGM from Hack My Trip Then Go Enter to Win a Las Vegas Vacation from Hyatt and MGM from View from the Wing THEN go Enter to Win a Las …

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• 24 June

  Sign Up For Our Newsletter and Enter to Win a $100 Gift Card to Amazon!

    Enter your Email: Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz On September 1st, 2013, we will randomly draw one current member of the newsletter list to receive a $100 Gift Card to Amazon.com. All current subscribers will be considered on that date, so you do not need to sign up again …

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• 24 June

  Update on RentTheRunway.com — $25 Credit for FIRST purchase!

  I promised I would let you know if there were any updates on what sort of credit you can get when you sign-up for rent the runway, and readers are reporting getting $25 credit for immediate use upon sign up through my link.  I have no idea why, but it …

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• 23 June

  Renting the Runway: Designer Dresses for Events While Traveling

  If you’ve read this post already, please see the exciting update at the bottom! Here’s a major confession I’ve never revealed on this blog before… I don’t own every dress I wear to events.  I’ve been renting the runway. There are some I wish I did own, but they are …

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• 23 June

  How You Can Be an Elite in Vegas: Huge News for People Who Love Vegas–and the Bellagio or Mandalay Bay or the Mirage or…

  Hack My Trick has a really cool infograph up right now detailing Hyatt’s partnership with MLife–the owner of many hotels in Vegas. Basically, elite status for Hyatt becomes elite status for MLife in Vegas and vice versa. The great thing about this is it makes elite status in Vegas really …

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