September, 2015

• 17 September

  Avoid Fees on Airlines and How to Pass the Time in Flight

  

  I was recently contacted to give some tips to USA Today‘s Road Warrior Voices, and found my suggestions among a multitude of great suggestions. The first article was how to avoid fees when flying.  I focused on low-cost carriers, but the other bloggers explored different ways of avoiding fees on …

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• 16 September

  Uber Continues to Make Me Feel Safe

  

  I was stuck in traffic today.  The person behind me was looking at their phone and nearly ran into the back of my car.  He slammed on the breaks and screeched to a halt pretty suddenly. (I could see him coming in my rear view mirror and was hoping he …

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• 15 September

  Huge Sale on Travel Bottles: $7.99 for a set of 3 silicon squeeze bottles

  

  I’ve mentioned before that I like silicon travel bottles because you can actually get everything out of them .  I found them once for $2.99 each (for the small size) and never saw them that cheap again. Amazon has a sale today on Attmu silicon travel bottles.  It is $9.99 …

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• 12 September

  Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in a Rental Car

  

  On my recent trip to San Francisco, I rented from my usual place, Alamo, and drove off.  As I picked up everyone else, I suddenly remembered something.  The Golden Gate Bridge does not take cash and my car didn’t have a Toll Pass. Luckily, there’s a solution for that. You are …

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• 10 September

  Why Offering a Cheap Social Media Package on a Cruise is Brilliant

  

  The internet on cruise ships costs a pretty penny.  I just spent more than I want to think about checking work emails while at sea. But the cost makes sense–the cost not only includes the infrastructure to maintain an internet connection at sea, but also ensures too many people aren’t …

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• 9 September

  Kingdom Rush, an Epic Tower Defense Game, Now Free

  

  One of my favorite iOS games has been Kingdom Rush–a tower defense game where you must protect villages from varying mythical creatures / fantasy characters. What I loved about this game was that the attacking hordes were so varied, you had to constantly think of how to upgrade towers for future types …

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• 8 September

  Proving There Are Markets in Everything: Take a Vacation to Smash Things in Anger

  

  Most people like to go on vacation so they can relax leisurely.  Apparently, others need an extra step before they can relax. In Toronto, you can have the opportunity to be like a rock star in a hotel room and smash everything in sight. Urban Daddy highlighted the Rage Room …

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• 7 September

  eShakti Reviews: Ordering Custom Dresses on the Cheap

  

  While I love dresses, it’s often hard for me to find ones that fit–especially more tight fitting dresses.  My proportions don’t fit into the standard dress sizes well and have gotten dresses off websites like PinUpGirlClothing.com for the 40’s style of proportions. Then my friend told me about a website …

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• 5 September

  Stay at the Shining Hotel Forever… and ever… and ever…

  

  Er, or until the day of your checkout time. The New York Times has an interesting piece on the hotel that inspired the Shining. Stephen King stayed at the Stanley Hotel and had a nightmare there that resulted in the Shining. The article doesn’t mention what was in his dream, but I …

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• 4 September

  How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Go on Vacation

  

  I rarely go on vacation.  Two years ago, I was super stressed about a 5 day trip (over a weekend) where I wouldn’t have internet access most of the time. My pleasure trips are usually really shot or tied to business trips. But then I went on vacation for two …

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