Anthony Bourdain’s opinion on vegetarians.

…I think they make bad/rude travelers…

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.

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.

Hotel Secreto in Isle Mujeres, Mexico looks like the place I need to be right now. Rates through December 15, 2009 are ~$125 per night. If only I wasn’t too lazy to renew my passport.

My buddy Hunter did a project where he visited 50 states in 2 weeks. Let’s cross-reference that with my previous post on 50 states in 2 weeks.

Who’s down with visiting all 50 states in one-week with me? This looks like a tiring, but amazing trip. Maybe we can promote something. Who’s coming with me? I’m serious, damn it.

Apparently Montreal is a (river) surfing hotspot. Cool hunting has more details on the surfing, but I’ve quickly added Montreal as a place to visit – I’ve only heard good things.