green cars, green travel and smart spending
Great looks, comfort, handling, fuel economy, luxury and high-tech features at an affordable price. There’s little more to say about the Lexus NX300 hybrid other than, “I want this SUV”. Okay, a lot more. I fell in love with the upscale hybrid on a recent test drive in the wintry Northeast that included a meterologist’s
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If you are considering donating Old Breakdown to a charity, know the pros and cons first. Especially the cons, including car donation charity scams. Do good by donating your old car to charity. That’s what the charities tell you. But the reality is that you might do better selling your car to a used car
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It’s one of the most popular and iconic songs of the Christmas season. There’s an interesting story behind the creation of Silent Night, Holy Night, celebrated each Christmas Eve in the tiny chapel in the Austrian Alps where it was first performed exactly 200 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1818. The village is Oberndorf, near
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With interest in vegetarian and plant-based diets growing, more diners are seeking restaurants that cater to their desire to avoid eating meat, poultry or fish. Here’s a list of the top 50 restaurants for vegetarians in the USA, according to OpenTable, which compiled the list from more than 12 million verified reviews of nearly 30,000
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Get ready to share the roads, skies, rails and waterways this Thanksgiving with more people than in more than a dozen years. The AAA projects 54.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving via car, plane, train, ferry or cruise ship. That’s a 4.8 percent increase over last year,
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Once again this year, national chain restaurants are thanking our veterans and active military members on Veterans Day with FREE or discounted food or services on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. Also, on Veterans Day, admission to National Parks is FREE for everyone, whether or not you are a veteran or active military member. Free admission is to all
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Stay in one of these historic hotels, where some “spirited” guests may have checked out, but never leave. From Hawaii to New York, from a former convent to hotels that are adjacent to battlegrounds and one that was once a morgue, many of these hotels report that former guests that continue to haunt the halls
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Colorado’s ski and snowboard resorts have spent the summer and fall upgrading the experience with new chairlifts, restaurants, expanded terrain, including new heli-skiing terrain, and discount ticket packages. There’s something for everybody to enjoy, whether you are a beginner, expert or in between. Life should be downhill in winter, so here’s what’s new in Colorado
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World’s best green hotels: While many hotels and restaurant chains around the world are just starting to eliminate plastic straws, Angama Mara, the award-winning luxury safari lodge in Kenya’s famed Maasai Mara, is already celebrating one year of being virtually plastic-free. Kenya is on the short-list of countries which have outlawed the use and distribution
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Every year on September 16, Mexicans celebrate Mexican Independence Day with mariachi performances, traditional dances, food and drink fests, locally-inspired games, fireworks and more. Here’s where and how to celebrate Mexican Independence Day like a local in Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Playa Mita, Cancun, Playa Nayarit and elsewhere along the Maya Riviera coast, including special
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