By Mia Taylor RewardExpert Maybe it’s the Justin Trudeau factor. Maybe it’s the drop in the value of the Canadian dollar, as compared to other currencies. Or perhaps it’s the fact that Canada is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, an occasion that brings with it all sorts of special events, festivities and fanfare. Whatever […]
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By Mia Taylor RewardExpert Between Portland’s exploding culinary scene, the recent recognition of the Willamette Valley as one of the world’s best wine regions, and the soon to open Oregon Timber Trail for mountain bikers that was inspired by the iconic Pacific Crest Trail, Oregon seems to be maturing into a new level of sexy […]
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By Mia Taylor Hipmunk The difference between killing time waiting for a flight in a public lounge versus private, top airport lounges is like the vast chasm between sleeping at a youth hostel instead of The Ritz-Carlton. Given the way airport lounges have upped their game over the last decade or more, spending time in […]
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By Mia Taylor Hipmunk Farm-to-table dining isn’t exactly a concept most people associate with airport food. Long the bastion of fast food chains, for the past several decades airport dining has been more about necessity than the pursuit of a memorable meal. But that’s all changing, according to industry experts. The latest trends in airport […]
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By Mia Taylor RewardExpert Figuring out the best time to buy an airline ticket is often one of the most vexing parts of planning a trip. Wait until the last minute and the airfare skyrockets. Book too early and you may spend more than you should as well. So what’s the best approach? As it […]
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By Mia Taylor Hipmunk Three billion acts of green. Acts small and large: Planting a tree. Voting for candidates who believe in climate change. Giving up the use of plastic bags. Recycling. Reducing your consumption of meat in order to decrease our reliance on an industry that generates about 20 percent of the world’s greenhouse […]
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By Mia Taylor TheStreet It’s called “phajaan.” Directly translated, the word means “crushing,” as in crushing an elephant’s spirit. More specifically – divorcing a baby elephant from its spirit. The brutal practice occurs throughout Southeast Asia in order to make elephants submissive to humans, and suitable for a life spent entertaining and amusing tourists, whether […]
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By Mia Taylor TheStreet Coasting supine in a harness watching a vulture circle overhead and a brush-filled canyon pass by hundreds of feet below, I realized Los Cabos was not entirely what I’d expected. For years I had seen pictures in gossip magazines of A-list celebrities and the world’s other fabulous and wealthy individuals frolicking […]
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By Mia Taylor TheStreet The opening scene of the novel Dreaming in Cuban could not have been a more appropriate allegory for our journey. Sitting on her front porch in her best housedress and pearl earrings, protagonist Celia del Pino vigilantly scans the ocean with binoculars, guarding Cuba’s northern coast against the yanquis. “The Yankees […]
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By Mia Taylor TheStreet Maria Pena’s eyes welled with tears as she stood on the deck of the Adonia watching the Havana skyline come into view. “Coming on this ship was a difficult decision for me — my family spent a lifetime fighting the regime,” said the Miami attorney whose family fled Cuba nearly 60 […]
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