Travel & Airfare Deals News Digest

Knowing what’s available at your destination or connecting airport can make a big difference in getting you to, through, and out of the place with less pain. It also helps you determine just where to hang out while you’re there. Here’s what’s happening around the country: Greensboro, N.C’s Piedmont Triad International Airport says it will start [...]

Between February 6 and April 8, Best Western Rewards members will earn a free-night voucher after three Best Western stays — among the best of the current hotel promotions.

A special deal from Priceline. Deal ends: 2/20/2012

You Say You Want a (Food) Revolution? Comrades, In the mid-20th century, Echo Park was dubbed Red Hill for its leftist, freethinking society. Now the new Red Hill Restaurant takes its cues (and name) from that time. Here, its manifesto. To serve all taste buds. Veg head owner Jason Michaud (Local) and meat maestro chef Trevor Rocco meet in [...]

The Mission’s New Beer Garden The pow has finally blanketed Tahoe, and, in a few hours, the city will be a wasteland. So you’re an apres-ski closer to snagging a reclaimed wood stool at Southern Pacific Brewing, opening tonight. Two years in the making, the brewery and restaurant unveils 8,500 square feet of blissful indoor/outdoor beer garden. Architect [...]

Clink Your Glasses for Local Bubbly Champagne, France, and Champaign, Illinois, couldn’t be more different. Leave it to Midwest winemakers Mark and Teri Wenzel (Utica’s August Hill Winery) to bridge the gap. Their new venture, Illinois Sparkling Co., introduces quality, small-batch sparklers without the snooty attitude. Their slogan says it all: Less Champagne, More Champaign. Mark discovered Utica and [...]

Words with Friends Fact: People judge your book choices. And that shelf stocking Hunger Games and Fashion Cats isn’t doing you any favors. Earmark Annodia, a monthly book-curation service from Nancy Hagen Ethridge and Meriah Schultz. The former fashion show producers-turned-LeVar Burtons cull novels, biographies, cookbooks, art and photo catalogs, and poetry for individuals and aesthetically inclined NYC [...]

Trenches Get a New Life Prosecutor: Ms. Pender, it’s come to our attention that you’re not the hoodie you say you are.Pender: I can explain [straightens collar]. I’m an upcycled Olga Road leather jacket. Prosecutor: We have evidence suggesting former lives. Pender: Guilty. I was an Austin-sourced trench coat carefully crafted into my current hooded state. Prosecutor: Word has [...]

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