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  • Week in Review: Recent Favorites

    Week in Review: Recent Favorites

    In this Recent Favorites post, I share the best articles I read this week! Topics include Kevin Kelly’s life advice, how The Office is Dead, Tips for Landscape Photography. I also include recent PWQ posts on the Citi Prestige, May Book List, Using Flying Blue Miles, and a Sacile Travel Guide. I close with New…


  • The Best Things to Do in Sacile Italy, a Complete Travel Guide

    The Best Things to Do in Sacile Italy, a Complete Travel Guide

    Sacile is in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy roughly 1 hour northeast of Venice. It is known for its palaces and is ideal if you’re after a low-key Italian city. In this things to do in Sacile Italy guide, I share what we did on our visit. We also visited Modena, Parma, Bologna, and…


  • May Book List: Top 3 Best Books on Amazon 2020

    May Book List: Top 3 Best Books on Amazon 2020

    May was another solid reading month. While not at the same clip as my April books on Amazon list, I managed to read three books. With the coronavirus continuing to restrict my work travel, I have more time to spend reading at home. Finance/investing, astronomy, and history are the book categories I covered. The Bogleheads’ Guide…


  • Week in Review: Recent Favorites

    Week in Review: Recent Favorites

    In this Recent Favorites post, I share the best articles I read this week! Topics include how to improve reading comprehension, The Feynman Technique, effective ways to take notes, writing in the margins of books, and why you shouldn’t slog through books. I also include recent PWQ Blog Posts and New Things I’ve Discovered. Recent…


  • Top 2 Best Hotels in Turks and Caicos to Book with Points

    Top 2 Best Hotels in Turks and Caicos to Book with Points

    Turks and Caicos is a beautiful Caribbean island with water that’s even more incredible in person. Until recently, there were no hotels that you could book with points. That all changed with Hyatt. In this best hotels in Turks and Caicos article, I cover hotels that you can book with points. If you decide to…


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