For the fifth consecutive year, International Living has announced that France has the best standard of living in the world. As someone who lives there, loves it and writes about France, this should make my heart sing – and does.
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Airline food. No, that’s not the punchline to a joke.
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I take back all those unflattering things I’ve said in the past about Bilbao. That stuff about how it’s the “the Pittsburgh of Spain.” Yes, it’s an iron city. Yes, the Ría that runs through it is brown. And yes, it’s annoying, if not panic-inducing, that the Guggenheim Bilbao is now listed in 1000 Places to See Before You Die. But the city that inspired a planning cliché, “the Bilbao effect” (build a Big-Name-Architect museum and you’ll soon be polishing up your rusting economy with wads of tourist dollars), is more than all that.
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Eating at a restaurant should be a positive experience. But is it? After all, it’s the time when someone else shops, cooks, serves you what (you think) you’ve ordered and takes away the dishes and glasses to a mysterious place. Best of all, you’re not responsible for washing them. In spite of these definite pluses, people appear to have more gripes than you’d think. And they make no bones about voicing them.
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The tail end of summer is here and many of us are taking advantage of the last minute travel deals we’ve strategically booked. For some, being frugal with travel is the way to go during these tough times. But what about saving money on food while you’re away?
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Now that few U.S. airlines are serving meals on domestic flights, how are you staving off starving? This is where the Boy Scout mantra of being prepared needs to be taken to heart!
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Traveling with children can be daunting when it comes to eating and maintaining a budget. Stopping at a fast food joint is by no means free. Here are some ideas for stretching your food dollars. But, there are always more. Let’s hear them.
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On a Christmas holiday I began to dream of foods from around the world and ended up with quite a list of foods named after places. Take a look and enjoy the list and add a few more names to the list.
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What do you do when you have five days of vacation to use before the end of the year and two Air Tran certificates purchased at a charity auction? Marge Purnell decided on Christmas in New Orleans. Her favorite US city did not disappoint. It even snowed!
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Just when they think the Parisians aren’t looking, the merchants have at it. First, they raise prices just a few cent, as if the natives won’t notice when they come back from vacation in September. But walking the streets of Paris will reveal other changes, and some are definitely for the better.
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