green living, smart spending
Now that EVs and plug-in EVs have gone mainstream, we’ve got to learn to play nice and share parking spots with charging units, whether they are on public streets or in airports, shopping mall parking lots, or hotel garages. The EV version of spam is parking your gas-powered vehicle at an EV charger spot, or
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Some of the most beautiful gardens on the planet are the front yards or back yards of classic and historic US hotels. They include gardens featured in films such as Citizen Kane and some designed by Frederick Law Olmstead Jr., one of the designers of New York’s Central Park.
Fast-food brands are always looking for new and creative menu items and promotions to generate sales and social media buzz. Sometimes there are huge successes, like McDonald’s Happy Meals and Burger King’s Whopper, but others don’t work out as well, or at all. Here are the all-time fast food winners and losers, via the restaurant
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Passover is one of the most joyous of Jewish celebrations, marking the Exodus from slavery in Egypt, led by Moses. Here is a resource for FREE greeting cards, Hagaddah, crafts for children, who play such an important role in the celebration of Passover, online Seder services, and more. Passover 2023 – or Pesach 5783 –
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Recharge your EV while you recharge your personal batteries with a Slurpie or Big Gulp. 7-Eleven is launching a new, proprietary EV charging network offering fast fast-charging, at what the chain called “select” locations across the USA and Canada. According to the press release we received, it is a proprietary system called 7Charge, available via
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Welcome to spring, and the magical bright pink and white blooms of cherry blossom season. Here are a dozen-plus dozen spots in New York City and the rest of NY State where you can enjoy acres of these blooming beauties through mid-May, many for FREE in public parks, so you can enjoy cherry blossoms on
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Passover is one of the most joyous of Jewish celebrations, marking the Exodus from slavery in Egypt, led by Moses. As with all holidays in all religions, food plays a central role, and there are plenty of free Passover recipes and online cooking classes to upgrade your menu. Passover 2023 is Wed., April 5 to
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The massive winter storm and below-zero weather moving across the US right now is a good time to be reminded about the dangers of driving in snow, ice and black ice and low visibility or white-out conditions. Winter driving requires more space between you and the vehicle ahead, more attention to changeable road conditions, more
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St. Patrick’s Day means parades and green beer, bagels, donuts and milkshakes – plus great deals at national restaurant chains. Some are valid only on Friday, March 17, others for a few days before and after. Our leprechauns have been busy searching for this pot of gold list of money-saving deals, offered alphabetically, because that’s
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Amelia Earhart’s 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton is being added to a select group of vehicles on the National Historic Vehicle Register. The pioneering aviator’s vehicle is only the 33rd vintage vehicle to be inducted into the only federally recognized program to document the historical and cultural significance of the automobile. That compares with more than
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