Pat and I found ourselves with a really tight connection at DFW Tuesday night, thanks to an AA flight that was a bit late into DFW. No running was involved, but we were walking briskly. Thanks to a fortuitous SkyLink connection (we only had to travel one segment), we made it, but just by a [...]
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Here’s a nifty alternative to money belts: travel underwear with a couple of pockets for your passport, credit cards, and/or cash. Available from Clever Travel Companion, the men’s boxer briefs shown here are available in cotton, Modal (95/5 rayon/spandex), or a 65/35 cotton/polyester blend. The ladies’ briefs are a boy style in order to accommodate [...]
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If your wine collection exceeds the capacity of your wine refrigerator, you have a problem. Wine must be stored at the proper temperature in order for it to age properly, but wine refrigerators that can accommodate more than a couple of dozen bottles come with nosebleed-inducing price tags ($500+). If you have an extra “standard” refrigerator, however, you can convert it to a large wine refrigerator for less than $50.
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I stumbled across the Elliott Toiletry Bag/Dopp Kit a few days ago at Cool Material (see Favorite Links in the RH column). Made from recycled (technically speaking, upcycled) truck inner tubes and featuring a bicycle valve zipper pull, to my eye it’s beautiful.
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By now the experience is all too familiar: your online browsing activity follows you as you browse, dictating which ads you see. Visit the Tag Heuer site for a few moments, and suddenly banner ads for Tag Heuer watches follow you as you browse other sites; check out a new laptop bag at eBags, and [...]
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Unroll.me is a slick little program that is utterly great at helping you manage your email subscriptions, cleaning up your In Box in the process. You can unsubscribe from unwanted emails in bulk, and arrange to receive emails you want to receive in a “rollup,” which aggregates the messages in a single email. The program [...]
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Like millions of others, each year we travel home for the Christmas holiday. We fly from Lincoln or Omaha to Albany, NY, typically via O’Hare, BWI, or Detroit, and the threat of winter-related flight delays or cancellations is a concern every year. Over the last eight years, we’ve been stranded once, delayed a couple of [...]
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