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You might remember me and my apartment from this post where I explained my closet storage agony and consequently felt super vulnerable in showing strangers my very unfinished bedroom. But I’ve made some changes since then, namely, the sofa of my dreams has entered my life. And it is perfect. It is so perfect in fact that I have agonized over picking the right rug to accompany it. But then I remembered Sara did this post where you all really helped in helping her choose the rug for her living room and I was like, Oh WAIT I can commission...

It’s no secret that the airline industry has been hammered by the fallout related to the coronavirus pandemic. In the U.S., the scale of the disruption may be best born out by screening numbers that have been  plummeting at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints nationwide. On Tuesday, the agency reached a new, grim milestone, screening just 97,130 travelers across all U.S. airports. It was the first time that screenings dipped below 100,000 during the current slump, and is the latest indicator of the headwinds the airline industry faces as a result of the virus. Sign up for the free daily TPG...

Rick Steves, Guidebook author of books by Rick Steves and travel TV host, is America’s most regarded specialist on European travel. In Rick Steves written works, Rick took his first trek to Europe in 1969, visiting piano manufacturing plants with his dad, a piano merchant. As an 18-year-old, in best Rick Steves book series, Rick started going without anyone else, subsidizing his outings by showing piano exercises. In 1976, in Rick Steves books written, he began his business, Rick Steves’ Europe, which has developed from an exclusive task to an organization with a staff of 100 full-time, all around voyaged...

Make Money. Maybe Not in That Order. On the night of the 2020 Iowa caucuses, Brad Parscale, President Trump’s campaign manager and technology guru, arrived at an elementary school on the outskirts of Des Moines. With attention focused on the hard-fought Democratic contest, Trump sought to steal a bit of the spotlight by displaying total dominance over his no-hope opponents. As part of the process, each GOP candidate had dispatched someone to caucus sites around the state’s largest city to speak on their behalf. For some 100 voters in suburban Urbandale, it was Parscale. A 6-foot-8-inch Texan with a red...

Hi! How are you doing? We are in week 4 of quarantine and I have moments of feeling like I’m totally losing my mind and instances where I feel happy and content. To be honest I don’t think I have fully wrapped my head around the situation – it becomes very real when we go grocery shopping (we go every 6-8 days it seems) and everyone is wearing a mask. I think it’s comforting to stay safe and sound at home, only seeing the people you normally would at home (neighbors, people walking their dogs down the street, construction workers,...