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Now that we are traveling again, an important part of every trip is taking photos, especially at gatherings with family and friends. These photo tips are from professional photographers I know personally and have traveled with, and apply whether you are snapping images with a phone or a traditional digital camera. Avoid mid-day for outdoor
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Spring cleaning often means debating what to throw out and what to hang on to. Save time and money with these eco-friendly tips to de-clutter your closets, dresser and desk drawers, countertops and bins, with this handy guide to what you can toss guilt-free, what has the potential for re-use, and what should be donated
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Puerto Rico Sunshine is a brilliant red/orange created by color gurus Pantone and an eco-friendly paint color, and ecoXplorer is taking bets that it becomes the island’s official color. Discover Puerto Rico, the island’s destination marketing organization, developed the color in partnership with the Pantone Color Institute. It’s based on the findings of Hector Jimenez,
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If you are not planning on a home-cooked meal on Christmas Eve or Chrstmas Day, consider these moderately-priced national chains which are open and serving. If there is a tip bucket, tip generously, because the staff is giving up their holiday for you. Call ahead to confirm that your preferred location is open, and its
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Where’s Santa? Since 1955, the team at North American Aerospace Defense Command, better known as NORAD, has kept track of a certain toy-filled sleigh pulled by reindeer. Curious kids can follow Santa’s route on Christmas Eve, as well as receive updates from the North Pole online at NORAD Tracks Santa. We are told Rudolph’s glowing red
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We all know what outsourcing and moving manufacturing overseas has done to the US economy, and issues with the supply chain in 2021. Shop instead with these small businesses which sell only Made in USA Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas ornaments, decorations and other holiday products. Help the US economy, especially small businesses, and do something
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Rooms With a Boo: Stay in one of these historic hotels, where some “spirited” guests may have checked out, but never leave. From a former convent to hotels adjacent to battlegrounds and one that was once a morgue, many of these hotels report that former guests or former owners haunt the halls long after they have checked out, and that current guests have seen them.
Here’s one winner you haven’t seen in the TV coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Toyota e-Palette, the high-tech battery-electric autonomous buses transporting athletes, coaches and staff around the Olympic Village.
Can horses fly? Yes, when they are Olympic athletes. More than 300 horses, tons of equipment and special food are being flown from Europe to compete in equestrian events in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, July 23-August 8, 2021. As you might expect, it’s a massive logistical undertaking.
According to a recently published UN report, the crash in international tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic could cause a loss of more than $4 trillion to the global GDP for the years 2020 and 2021.