by Christina Santos “For every traveler who has any taste of his own, the only useful guidebook will be the one which he himself has written” – Aldous Huxley Some people collect stamps. Or coins. Or figurines. I collect notebooks. My vast collection of notebooks, chronicalling my life and travels since I was a little…
RueLaLa.com is changing the way consumer’s shop once again with the launch of an exclusive travel Boutique featuring the White Elephant Hotel Residences. Beginning June 16, 2009, Rue La La members will have a brief window of time to take advantage of exclusive packages from the White Elephant Hotel Residences, elegant, private one -two bedroom…
Anyone who has ever flown with Ryanair in Europe is probably well aware of its disingenuous tactics. They make a big hullabaloo about their cheap, £1 fares… then charge exorbitant fees for taxes, luggage (WHO can get by with 15kg or less?!) and checking in. They claim to fly to Barcelona, but in actuality they…
INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT A bedroom, decorated in mementos from world travel, in complete disarray. Clothes strewn about everywhere. A seemingly mad woman runs around the room trying on various clothes. She tries on a few dresses, grimaces in disgust, then throws each to the floor in despair. CHRISTINA: New Years Eve 2009 and I…
Sign up for DDPush! DD Push (Designer Discount) is now offering the ability to shop “Hollywood Style” to the rest of the country by launching DDpush.com. Members (free to join!) will have access to 24-48 hours of sales offering designer good at a deep discount prices ranging from 50-90% off from it’s retail price. Once…
Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. Among many other timeframes, I wish I had been born in London in the mid-late 1940’s so I could have been a teenager during the 1960’s. Not only would I have been able to experience Beatlemania firsthand… but I could have been a Mod. Doesn’t…
This isn’t a post about a travel deal. Or a shopping sale. But this is a global issue and this is my blog. So please allow me to use this blog as my public soapbox and listen up. And maybe you or someone you know can help a boy originally from my hometown of Fremont,…