June, 2016

• 27 June

  How to Get Motivated to Get into Shape Quickly

  

  I’ve mentioned before that my weight tends to flip-flop before trips and after trips.  I tend to let myself eat more when I travel, then get back in shape after the trip. In addition to using my Fitbit all the time, I have started doing something called a “DietBet” when …

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• 27 June

  Do Websites Intentionally Show You Cheaper Fares They Don’t Have?

  

  Chris Elliott just posted about ghost fares–which are a real thing. Ghost fares are when flight inventory was purchased, but the cache of the website doesn’t reflect that yet.  Because of that, websites might display prices that are below the cost of what they are able to actually sell you. …

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• 26 June

  What It’s Like to Be on a Plane Expected to Crash

  

  A few years ago, my ex-boyfriend was on a flight where the landing gear wouldn’t go down on.  He was flying with a girl he had just had a fight with and they had broken up. The whole experience was on TV.  And let’s just say, they’re married now. I …

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• 26 June

  The Secret, Hidden Season of the Golden Girls

  

  I wrote about the Golden Girls restaurant that is opening up in September in NYC. Today I found out there is a little-known season of the Golden Girls that aired after the “final season” when Bea Arthur left the show. It contains the same theme song, and features Sophia, Rose, and …

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• 26 June

  Why You Should Always Yank on Your Hotel Door (and deadbolt it!)

  

  This just happened to my friend, but don’t let it happen to you. You leave your hotel room.  You hear the door *click* closed.  You’re fine, right? My friend thought so.  He let his hotel door close all the way and figured he was fine.  What he didn’t know was …

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• 26 June

  How to Get Amazon Items for Cheap (or even free!) in Exchange for Reviews

  

  With so many products on Amazon, it’s hard for one to stand out among the crowd.  And Amazon likes it that way with outside products.  (They utilize the long-tail method, hoping people come to their website to buy anything). So a new industry emerged–helping products get Amazon reviews so they end …

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• 25 June

  Don’t Believe Everything You See on Twitter

  

  Earlier this month, I wrote about a photo circulating of kids “playing on their phones instead of looking at paintings in a famous museum”. Except they weren’t playing.  I wrote about how they were using the museum app to learn more about the painting they were just examining, and whoever …

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• 25 June

  How to Make the Wine in Coach Taste Better

  

  The wine in coach isn’t always that great.  While some airlines offer higher-end half bottle options, the wine sometimes needs time to breathe–more time than you have on the flight. Apparently, you can improve the taste of the wine by hyper-decanting it.  So what fancy tools are needed to hyper-decant? …

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• 25 June

  Why Bloody Marys Taste Better in the Air (and it has to do with noise)

  

  It’s pretty common knowledge that food does not taste that great in the air.  Your ability to taste changes when on an airplane, and food tastes more bland. But did you know that some cocktails taste better on an airplane? I have lots of friends who tell me that they …

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• 24 June

  I Was Flagged for Drug Running and Still Got Global Entry/PreCheck

  

  With so much discussion going on about using No Fly lists for other purposes, I started thinking about a personal situation I had with being flagged while traveling. It started off pretty innocent.  I did the math and the summer sales to the Caribbean “cost” me less than traveling out …

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