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Just glad we got a spot inside (though I imagine the porch is wonderful on a sunny summer day) because it was chilly out next to the lake…. The Lake Agnes tea house is a great stop and if you feel up for it (we did after some tea) the Little Beehive Trail provides a stunning view overlooking the the valley below.

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Writing from the sweltering heat and humidity in Washington, D.C. we welcome you tho this edition of the Carnival of Cities!  If you haven’t visited Go Green Travel Green before we invite you to look around.  You can check out some of our popular posts via the tab on the right column or if you’re looking [...]

As there were 4 of us the taxi cab was only about $1 more per person; so we took the cab (that clearly operates solely for tourists: Mendenhall Glacier Cab Company )…. When we got to the Glacier he even got out of the cab and walked around with us for 10 minutes and pointed out spots where you can see salmon (during spawning season) and black bears (usually eating the salmon).

I went to two this weekend and you just can’t trade the experience of chatting with the people who grow your food - especially when the alternative is the bored teenage checker at the local Safeway. My favorite part of my weekend farmers market excursions was at the H Street Farmers Market when, upon seeing my reusable bag, a lettuce vendor told me how happy she is that everyone is bringing their own bags these days.

By next Saturday (August 2nd) please either post your ideas below, post them on the forum at Nerds Eye View, or email me the comments from your website and we can compile them in one place…. I’ll start with some of the things I want from an online travel community: More pageviews on our website More links in my website (yes these first two are obvious and self-serving, but also what we all want, so why not be frank with each other and get that out of the way) Interesting travel stories to read Tips and tricks for traveling New destination ideas People who will offer travel advice when I post a question (e.g., Janelle from IT is on the west coast this week and looking for ideas about where to go.

The main point of The 4-Hour Workweek is to be able to work just enough to live the life you want to lead — for some people that means traveling around the world, for others it means volunteering, and for others it means sitting in a little house in the woods overlooking a peaceful lake…. At the end of Eat, Pray, Love, while getting ready to leave Bali and head back to the states she writes about the expatriate society in Bali: “Everywhere in this town you see the same kind of character–westerners who have been so ill-treated and badly worn by life that they’ve dropped the whole struggle and decided camp out here in Bali indefinitely, where they can live in a gorgeous house for $200 a month, perhaps taking a young Balinese man or woman as a companion, where they can drink before noon without getting any static about it, where they can make a bit of money exporting a bit of furniture for somebody.

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Confused about the ever-changing baggage fees airlines are tacking on? The Washington Post has you covered, with an up-to-date (for now) guide on the latest fees. Remember, always check fees with your airline of choice before booking and traveling, since fees can change over night.
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I have to admit, when I first read about major U.S. airlines putting ads on boarding passes when passengers print them at home, my first thought was not, “Will they stop short of nothing to convince me to buy more stuff?”… If anything, the result will be a positive one — the airlines will generate more revenue this way, and have to rely less on luggage fees and hiking ticket prices.