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Never a good sign… (Photo credit: Flickr/VotePrime) First of all, let’s just start out by saying that not every hotel room is secretly swarming with skin cells of past guests, E. coli, and/or unidentified bodily fluids. Every hotel has different protocol, schedules, and cleaning staff that determine just how clean your temporary home is going…
Reusable totes, eco-friendly clothing, rechargeable batteries — it seems “green” products are now readily available, no matter your needs. But the trend of going environmentally friendly perhaps got its earliest boost, and today is still most apparent, in the hotel industry; after all, we’ve seen shampoo in bulk dispensers, key-card energy systems, and low-flow toilets…
Well, 2014 is already coming to a close. And while we are always shocked at how quickly time flies, we enjoy the few days at the end of the year that encourage us to reflect on the 12 months behind us and take stock of all that happened. Or, in a not-as-sappy way of looking…
It’s not surprising that airports have a collective bad rep. After all, a lot of not-so-fun things happen at airports. Flights are delayed, luggage is lost or stolen, babies cry, and food is often less than inspiring. But the good news is that it’s not all doom and gloom when it comes to today’s airport…
Photo by Liz Allocca, Oyster.com It could be any typical Saturday in Brooklyn. My husband and I are at a quirky collectibles shop browsing the goods, which include a jar of clown heads, Pez containers, a ventriloquist’s dummy, and old political pins of Republicans who lost their elections. A record machine plays 50s doo-wop. A…