May 10, 2015

Credit Card Car Rental Insurance Options

May 10, 2015

I know auto rental insurance is not usually a good deal if you purchase it at the car rental place at the time and different credit cards already include the coverage if you book the rental with the card. I was made aware of the American Express Premium Car insurance available for AMEX cardholders and a few features make me think it might be worth the cost over their free coverage. First, it’s considered primary coverage and you won’t have to file a claim with your insurance company first if…

Samsung/Samsonite join “smart bags” parade

May 10, 2015

Could the age of standing in long baggage-drop and baggage-claim lines be over? New “smart luggage” may make it possible. While there are already a

Milan opens new Prada art cente

May 10, 2015

The name you usually associate with high fashion also has a long history with art. Prada has now funded a huge new arts complex in a former industrial site in Milan’s Porta Romano suburb. The new complex, which is intended to host arts events…

Ait? Meol? Landscape’s hidden language in new book

May 10, 2015

An ait (above) is a river island, splitting the main stream—and most often seen filling out three spaces in a crossword puzzle. If you’ve either

Books That Sent You Packing (your bag, that is)

May 10, 2015

The book I always think of in this regard is ‘The Sheltering Sky’, by Paul Bowles. And the subsequent movie, with the devilish John Malkovich as, guess who, Port Moresby. It inspired me to take the plunge and travel outside Europe, to Morocco, a place I’ve returned again and again, sure that would be so as soon as I read the book. But there have been others – ‘The River’s Tale: A Year on the Mekong’, by Edward Gargan, added Yunnan Province in China to my first round-the-world destination…

Airbus now “printing” parts for A350

May 10, 2015

A350 being assembled at Toulouse, France I’m going to start with the cranky part: it’s NOT 3-D printing; it’s 3-D fabrication, or technically FDM

Belles lettres et de belles choses: A wanderer’s gallery

May 10, 2015

Beautiful letters and beautiful things…This is another shoebox selection, focusing on well-made signs and well-wrought details that just don’t really fit somewhere else. You know

Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, May 10, 2015: Northern Ireland

May 10, 2015

I recently came back from a 3 day trip to Northern Ireland, and loved it. The weather was unusually sunny (but very cold)

Credit Card Car Rental Insurance Options

Samsung/Samsonite join “smart bags” parade

Could the age of standing in long baggage-drop and baggage-claim lines be over? New “smart luggage” may make it possible.

Milan opens new Prada art cente

Ait? Meol? Landscape’s hidden language in new book

An ait (above) is a river island, splitting the main stream—and most often seen filling out three spaces in a

Books That Sent You Packing (your bag, that is)

Airbus now “printing” parts for A350

A350 being assembled at Toulouse, France I’m going to start with the cranky part: it’s NOT 3-D printing; it’s

Belles lettres et de belles choses: A wanderer’s gallery

Beautiful letters and beautiful things…This is another shoebox selection, focusing on well-made signs and well-wrought details that just don’t really

Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, May 10, 2015: Northern Ireland

I recently came back from a 3 day trip to Northern Ireland, and loved it. The weather was

May 10, 2015

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