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Banks are not really our favorite institution for a lot of reasons. But now, we have a new No. 1 reason to dislike them. A $5 monthly fee to have access to our own money. Taking a cue from airlines, Bank of America has decided to nickle and dime its customers all the way...
There’s always something to see in Paris. Now Museyon Guides is offering up a cultural guidebook that provides a deeper look at the life and look and art of Paris. At least that’s what the PR folks for the Museyon Guides is saying about Art + Paris Impressionists and Post-Impressionists: The Ultimate Guide to...
The government has a love / hate relationship with smoking. It hates it — it loves it. The government wants people to quit, but it also wants a certain amount to keep smoking, as cigarette smokers pay a lot of bills with all of the taxes hit upon them. Big Tobacco — a phrase...
So you’ve finally gotten used to your iPhone4, so naturally, the iPhone5 is on its way. Business Insider has a few details on the yet to arrive gotta’ have iPhone, which seems to be losing ground to phones like Android. Highlights include a faster processor and a new operating system.
We got this tip last week on a new bag from Reisenthel — a German design company: The expandable shopper’s bag that can serve a number of purposes at once. Part of the E-Series collection (the E stands for expandable), this bag will increase in size whenever needed by pulling out the lining and...
There’s an old adage to never check your bag. Nowadays, that seems even more true because most airlines charge you a chunk of change just to check it. But is it still worth it to lug everything you want to carry with you through security, having the TSA fondle your unmentionables, dragging along behind...
We like free trips: You should too, as they don’t cost anything. Now Sierra Trading Post appears to like them too as the western travel retailer is offering two different trips to two two lucky travelers for free. The sweepstakes — which takes all of one minute to enter. “We look forward to giving...
We know you have a smartphone — in fact, we’re pretty sure you have an iPhone, though a few rebels in the crowd might have an Android. In either case, one astute PR person sent us a whole slew of new travel apps that might help you along your way for some travel. We’re...
We all read it, but rarely order from it. It’s the guiltiest of all publication pleasures aboard an aircraft, the George W. Bush-approved literary work of modern times. It’s mindless entertainment for when you have to power down your phone or laptop, and indulge yourself in the voyeuristic pleasure of eyeing some really pointless—and...
We’ve brought it upon ourselves, fellow travelers. We’ve readily—and rightfully—earned the title, “Ugly Americans.” It’s not simply because we yell into our BlackBerrys while visiting the Sistine Chapel or drool fried Oreos down the front of our wife beaters as we peruse paintings in the Louvre. We’ve gone beyond the realm of ruining foreign...
