Spring cleaning often means debating what to toss and what to hang on to. Here's a guide to what you can toss guilt-free, what has potential for re-use, and what should be donated to charity. What to Toss Scrunchies that have lost their scrunch Bras and leggings that have lost their stretch Disposable cameras. After all, disposable is their first name Cans of paint that are more than a … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day best places for kissing
Valentine's Day turns most of us into romantics, at least for the day. If you get the urge, these are the best places for kissing, a marriage proposal, or both. Some are obvious choices, others not so. Paris, France: The City of Lights and Love tops just about everybody's list as a romantic destination., as the Our ‘pecking order’, so to speak, would be incomplete without the City of Lights … [Read more...]
Happy 130th birthday of the automobile
It was a day that would change the world by setting it in motion. Happy 130th birthday to the automobile, born January 29, 1886, when German engineer Carl Benz applied for a patent on his "gas-powered vehicle". Later the same year and independently of Benz, German engineer and tinkerer Gottlieb Daimler built his motorized carriage and also applied for a patent. It was not until many years later … [Read more...]
Free Christmas trees for US military
Help a US military family get a FREE Christmas tree this season. Trees for Troops gives US military families around the world a free real Christmas tree. Over the past 10 years Trees for Troops has shipped more than 157,000 Christmas trees to service members in every branch of the military to bases in 17 countries, including in war zones and to bases here in the USA. This year more than 18,000 … [Read more...]
Humphrey Bogart Film Festival
Here's looking at you,kid. Film buffs are getting ready to celebrate an iconic actor who appeared in 75 movies during a 50-year career, at Humphrey Bogart Film Festival, in Key Largo, Florida, Oct. 21-25. Key Largo, of course, is one of his definitive films, with Lauren Bacall, who passed away last year. This year's Humphrey Bogart Film Festival honors them both. Bogie and Bacall famously … [Read more...]
Eco-Friendly Green Football Stadiums
With football season beginning again, it's a good opportunity to ackowledge eco-friendly green football stadiums, and basketball stadiums, that help the environment by being green. Here's a list of the top ten green professional sports stadiums in the in the USA, compiled by SunRun, which provides and installs solar panels and energy saving solar systems for private homes. 1. Qwest Field, … [Read more...]
Win a 2016 Ford Focus RS
Enter to win a chance to win a high performance 345hp 2016 Ford Focus RS. Runners-up get an adrenaline driving experience with Ken Block, whose Gymkhana videos have gone viral. Two lucky grand-prize winners will drift away in a coveted Ford Focus RS, and five more first-prize winners will each fly with a friend to Utah for an adrenalin-soaked private driving lesson with the Head Hoonigan … [Read more...]
BMW Art Cars 40th Anniversary tour
Many of us believe that cars are sculptures in motion, and that's the idea behind the famous BMW Art Cars, celebrating their 40th birthday with a worldwide tour. Ever since a BMW 3.0 CSL painted by Alexander Calder lined up for the Le Mans 24-hour race 40 years ago, in 1975, the BMW Art Car Collection has fascinated art and design enthusiasts. as well as car and technology fans all around the … [Read more...]
7-Eleven opens first US airport location
Depending on your opinion of 7-Eleven, it's either good news or bad news for summer travel that the chain is opening its first location inside a US airport terminal. Slurpees, bacon-wrapped hot dogs, pizza and more are on the terminal menu at LAX, otherwise known as Los Angeles International Airport starting June 24th. If it is as successful as 7-Eleven and its airport operator hopes, this … [Read more...]
Contest to win a 2015 Ford Edge
Ford is sponsoring a sweepstakes win a 2015 Ford Edge SUV, with its award-winning fuel-saving EcoBoost engine. No purchase is required. The giveaway is open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous US states and the District of Columbia (sorry Hawaii and Alaska), at least 18 years old. Enter by June 20 to be eligible. You enter the giveaway here or by signing up at one of the cities where … [Read more...]
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