Out of Town: How to Spend the Winter Holidays in Your Bikini
Money, Slider, Traveling
Sure, when it comes to the winter holidays there is something charming and festive about a white Christmas. Snow falling outside your window, warm sweaters and curling up in front of a fire while you sip hot cocoa all seem like appropriate…
How to Experience a Full-Fledged Vacation without Ever Leaving Your Couch
Featured Stories, Money, Traveling
Staycation is a fancy term for spending your vacation at home and hopefully from the comforts of your couch. The secret to enjoying time off, on your couch, is to forget about your daily routines and truly make it a vacay. Don’t do the…
Sky Grubbin: The Best Airline Food Ever
Featured Stories, Money, Traveling
Let’s face it; airline food is as tasty as our memories of school cafeteria lunches sometimes. We all like to complain how insipid, even gross, airplane food is, especially when you are squeezed in economy class for eight hours trying…
Strategizing Gift-Giving Season: Gift Ideas & Tips for Total Success
Dollars and Sense, Money, Slider
Fall is officially in full swing, which means the holidays are quickly approaching and before you know it you’ll be knee deep in gift ideas and giving madness. Take a hint from the changing leaves and changing weather—now would be a really…
To CC or BCC, That is the Question (What Does CC and BCC Mean anyway?)
Featured Stories, Money, Work
Have you ever stopped to think about what does CC and BCC mean when it comes to proper email etiquette? They actually have very old-school roots: Carbon Copy and Blind Carbon Copy. Kids today have probably never even heard of a carbon copy!…
Litmus Test: What Political Party am I?
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Raise your hand if you’ve recently stopped to ask yourself, what political party am I? While history is full of unflattering quotes about each of the United States’ two main rival political parties, when it comes down to solving our county’s…
Your Bank Account: When is it Ok to Dip into Your Savings?
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If you feel a little bit overwhelmed, and perhaps poorly educated when it comes to your bank account, you’re not alone. Savings accounts, checking accounts, retirement funds, money markets, investment portfolios…there are so many ways…
Thanksgiving Travel Hooky: 10 Tips to Get You Off the Hook
Featured Stories, Money, Traveling
Contrary to popular belief, not all Thanksgiving travel is a nightmare of traffic jams, delayed flights and crowded airports. If you plan wisely, it can actually be the best time to visit many popular tourist destinations while the masses…
Go Now: 7 Life-Changing Trips to Take on Bus Lines or Trains
Featured Stories, Money, Traveling
Travel has always been an amazing opportunity to expand your experiences, to learn about the world and to have an adventure. Once upon a time, it was pretty easy to hop on a flight and see the world. Long before you had to worry about potential…