green living, smart spending
The peak holiday driving season is underway, which often means clogged roads and traffic jams. Road rage is a driving danger, along with drunk driving and distracted driving such as texting while driving. These tips will help you avoid aggressive drivers, or become one yourself.
You’ve procrastinated long enough. The Epic Pass for the 2025/26 skiing and riding season has been on sale since spring, with periodic price increases every few months. Don’t wait any longer. Pass sales end on December 4th, including for the most affordable 1-7 day passes. You’ll also lose out on new this year Epic Friend
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For my money, certified pre-owned vehicles are the best deal in used cars and trucks. If I didn’t think so, I wouldn’t encourage anybody who asks, including my own friends and relatives, to seek out a CPO over an ordinary used car or truck. Yes, CPO vehicles cost more than a non-certified used vehicle. That’s
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If you expect be on the road or in the air for Thanksgiving 2025, you will be in good company. AAA predicts another record-setting holiday, with nearly 82 million Americans joining you on trips at least 50 miles from home. Roads are expected to be more clogged than usual, since many of us have decided
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Once again, Allegiant is announcing new routes with introductory fares at $39, $49, $59 and $69. There are 30 new nonstop routes connecting 35 cities across the country, including four new markets. The new routes launch in the first half of 2026, but tickets are on sale now for a limited time. Allegiant is known
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The best late night TV shows are taped in New York City, and tickets are FREE. Here’s how to get tickets to The Late Show With Seth Myers.
The snow is falling, and some ski/snowboard resorts in Utah already are open for the 2025/26 season, including several with new lifts and new terrain. Here’s what you need to know to plan where to go for fun in the snow.
This is your the last chance for skiers and riders to score an Epic Pass for the 2025/26 season before the prices go up again on Nov. 16, and also get perks including new Epic Friend Tickets offering 50% off lift tickets for friends. This is the final price increase of season – before the
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The price of freedom and independence is high. Here are six top memorial sites in NYC where you can honor our men and women in uniform any day of the year, not just on Veterans Day. These war memorials are FREE to visit year-round and reflect on the true cost of freedom and independence.
One of the great pleasures of winter in New York City is ice skating, especially at one of the rinks with a skyline view and those which give discounts to NYC residents. Here are the best places to skate – including for FREE – around my hometown, including prices, hours and rental costs.