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Travel & Outdoors
How can travel help after a natural disaster?
The Good Times
A New Zealand Festival Turns Detritus Into Offbeat Art
Atlas Obscura
The Remote Mexican Restaurant Reviving Jalisco’s Forgotten Cuisine
Atlas Obscura
I Spent 8 Months Traveling the World on $50 a Day. Here’s How You Could Do It Too
Money magazine
From Arròs to Xuixo: Your Personally Curated Catalan Taste Tour
Porter & Sail (mobile app)
Make the Drive: An Enchanted Old Town Afternoon
Porter & Sail (mobile app)
Series: Forging Indigenous Partnerships
National Ski Areas Association JournalSki areas stand to gain myriad and symbiotic benefits from forging partnerships with Tribal nations. Welcoming Native communities to the mountain to connect with their ancestral homelands can bring physical, mental and social health benefits to Tribes, serve as an important cultural exchange for guests, and, in some cases, lend historic wisdom to land stewardship in efforts such as fire prevention. These relationships could also serve to increase snowsports participation from Native communities — which, for the last 10 years has remained below 1%, the lowest of all populations tracked in NSAA’s Kottke End of Season and Demographic Report. This is a series of articles that explores the advantages of those burgeoning partnerships being formed at ski areas across the U.S.
- Small But Significant Steps Resonate at Winter Park
- Elevating Youth in the Mt. Baker Community
- Embracing Timberline Lodge’s Full History to Inform its Future
10 Essential Tips for Packing the Best Travel Snack Bag
The Kitchn
Rome2rio’s FlixBus review: From routes and tickets to baggage and seats
From routes and tickets to baggage and seats, Rome2rio’s honest, independent Flixbus review will tell you everything you need to know about choosing, booking and travelling with the European bus operator.
Rome2rio
How to Adjust to Life Teaching Abroad in Japan
GoOverseas
Boogeyman or Bargain? Haunted Hill House Dares Buyers to Enter
Realtor.com
These Are the Worst Seats on Airplanes
Lifehacker
New York City insider tips
TouringBird, a Google Labs project
The 50 Greatest Hamburgers In Texas
A gastro-scientific inquiry into the finest burgers in the state that invented the burger, including the Toro (#4), the Stodg (#6), the Miss Hattie (#28), and, in our top slot, a miracle of meat served only on Sundays. No wonder they call it the Lord’s day.
Texas Monthly
Tech/Gear
For 125 years and five generations, Bennett’s has served Staten Island
Bicycle Retailer
From Emoji Vibrators to Digital Spin-the-Bottle: Inside the First-Ever Sextech Hackathon
New York Magazine – Select/All
Soon You’ll Be Able to Drop Off Your Amazon Returns at Kohl’s
Lifehacker
Instead of Scanning, Sign Documents with Your Smartphone
Lifehacker
Sustainability
Building Resilience
Ski areas adapt to climate change’s slippery slopes
National Ski Areas Association Journal
When to Use Rechargeable Batteries
Consumer Reports
How to Get Clean Water Without Buying Bottled While Traveling
Travel + Leisure
The Best Composting Toilet, According to RV Owners and Van Lifers
New York Magazine – The Strategist
Lifestyle
How to Waterproof Your Travel Gear — From Shoes to Bags
Travel + Leisure
The Best Dish Rack
The Sweethome
The Best Earplugs for Sleeping
Reviewed.com
8 Home Painting Hacks That Will Change Your Life
Realtor.com
The Heat Is On: 5 Sizzling Reasons to Buy a Home During Housing’s Hottest Season
Realtor.com
Gender & Sexuality
The Young and the Restless
How young is too young to say “I Do” (and how old is too old)?
TexasMonthly.com Web Exclusive
No, Mountain Dew won’t kill your sperm. Ever
We tackle a variety of myths about sex and pregnancy.
North by Northwestern
Ever On and On 