Here are some techniques for brewing your hotel room cup of coffee better. News to me is the tip on filling it with water the night before.
A twenty-degree difference between newly drawn tap water and room temperature will result in nearly a twenty degree increase in brewing temperature.
What I usually do is “double brew”. This means I brew a pot, then pour the brewed pot as if I’m starting from the beginning.
I need to organize a (camping and ice fishing) trip similar to what The Outdoor Club did in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Looks like a helluva lot of fun. Who’s in?
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile and Half Acre Brewery have teamed up to make the hotel it’s own beer, Rooftop Honey Wheat. Best part is that they are using the roof of the Marriott to farm bees to produce the honey used in the beer.
I think I’m going to put the Katy Bike Trail on my fall plans (here are a few other bike trails if this one didn’t grab you like it did me). Maybe I should take on sponsors and pedal for a cause?
What a brilliant way to earn frequent flyer points. I’ve always been a bit of a points whore, but this takes the cake.
Coin buyers charged the purchases, sold in boxes of 250 coins, to a credit card that offers frequent-flier mile awards, then took the shipments straight to the bank. They then used the coins they deposited to pay their credit-card bills. Their only cost: the car trip to make the deposit.
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He says his largest single deposit was $70,000 in $1 coins. He used several banks and numerous credit cards. He earned enough miles to put him over two million total at AMR Corp.’s American Airlines, giving him lifetime platinum-elite status — early availability of upgrades for life and other perks on American and its partners around the world.
I’m thinking of a winter vacation and ice fishing is pulling out ahead. And, here’s why,
“I mean, you bring a couple steaks with you, couple pizzas, bring what you want to drink, some movies and make it a weekend for 20, 25 bucks,” he said. “Cheap getaway. It’s even better if the fish bite.”
If this doesn’t sound like heaven, I’m not sure what does. Sure, it may be a bit cold, but there’s fleece and hot toddies to take care of that.
Let’s add the C3 Hotel Cube Camper to my growing arsenal of RVs.
