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December 31, 2014

I Heart My City: Laura’s Sydney

Laura Bronner is an American expat who has been living in Sydney for the last two years. After graduating from college she set off on what was supposed to be a year of travel; that was almost four years ago. Since then she has lived and traveled all over New Zealand and Australia.

from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/31/i-heart-my-city-lauras-sydney/

A New Way to Earn Miles When Paying Your Rent

Via the Forward Cabin, Radpad, a service that offers both credit card and debit card payments for rent, offers a monthly check-cutting service to landlord that only charges a $4.95 fee when using a debit card. Your first month’s rent payment is free with a debit card. Then it’s $4.95 for up to a $5000 […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2014/12/31/new-way-earn-miles-paying-rent/

LGBT traveler’s wish list for 2015

LGBT travelers have a lot to be thankful for—and a lot to wish for. Let’s take a critical look at LGBT travel destinations this holiday season.

from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/world-tour-lgbt-travelers-wish-list-new-year/

My Suite At The Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur Was Vandalized!!!

My suite at the Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur was vandalized..... and I had to clean it up!

We recently wrapped up a 4-day stay at the Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur. (Review coming soon.) On the second afternoon of our stay, we received a call from the manager of housekeeping informing us that there was a situation regarding the stool in our bathroom. He wanted to know if we were aware of the ink marks on the top of it. My wife replied that we were not, but said she would go to the bathroom to have a look. Yep, sure enough there were some ink marks on it. The manager said that his housecleaning crew had tried to remove the marks, but they were unsuccessful, and if they couldn't be removed, the stool would be unusable. He said he would be down to discuss the matter with us.

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2014/12/31/suite-grand-hyatt-kuala-lumpur-vandalized/

Postcard From Penang

There’s no finer end to a day in Penang, Malaysia, than to watch the tropic sun drop into the Strait of Malacca. Drink to the dusk with a cold Tiger beer, a reward for exploring the tightly packed and steamy streets of the city’s preserved inner core—a 640-acre UNESCO World Heritage site known by its English colonial name, George Town.

from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/31/postcard-from-penang/

Think only Putin runs Russia?

The Russian strongman gets by with a little (okay, A LOT of) help from his cronies.

from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/think-just-putin-runs-russia-guess/

Gilgal Sculpture Garden in Salt Lake City, Utah

Gilgal Garden is a wondrous little patch of land created by Thomas Battersby Child, Jr. in the mid-twentieth century. Hidden away at the center of a block behind houses and businesses, it contains 12 original sculptures, and over 70 stones engraved with Mormon scriptures, poems, and literary texts.

Child, a Mormon, spent nearly twenty years working on the garden, located on about a half-acre behind his home. The most arresting of his creations is a sphinx with the head of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Faith. However, the garden is filled with all kinds of strange carved images, such as grasshoppers and disembodied heads.

There is even a life-sized statue of Child himself. A visitor must walk a stone path to view these works of art. Each stone is engraved with biblical and literary quotes.

from Atlas Obscura http://atlasobscura.com.feedsportal.com/c/35387/f/665719/s/41e87fab/sc/10/l/0L0Satlasobscura0N0Cplaces0Cgilgal0Esculpture0Egarden/story01.htm

Ruh-Roh: Are American’s Business Awards Offline, Just As Points Are About to Expire?

Business ExtrAA is the American Airlines small business program, where points are earned in parallel to AAdvantage miles. It’s an opportunity to double dip — you add your Business ExtrAA number to reservations and earn business points, while the traveler earns frequent flyer miles as usual. And then you redeem the points for travel, or […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2014/12/31/ruh-roh-americans-business-awards-offline-just-points-expire/

Create metadata preset in Lightroom

"Internet and social platforms have allow photographers to share their images and increase their reach exponentially. But sometimes, essential information, such as copyright details and attribution, get lost in the process. Luckily, we have the ability to attach all this information in our digital images during import or export. This embedded data is called the metadata."

from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/create-metadata-preset-lightroom/

United, Orbitz sue tiny Skiplagged, which crowdfunds a defense

About 1,500 people have donated funds to a 22-year-old entrepreneur, who is crowdfunding a legal defense fund in response to a lawsuit ...

from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/tiny-travel-site-sued-united-orbitz/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tiny-travel-site-sued-united-orbitz