Netflix Last Updated: March 20th Are you dreaming of that next adventure? Maybe with this exclusive travel club or even virtual reality? We all need to get away at some point. Luckily television (teacher, mother, secret lover) is here to help. As if you already didn’t have vacation envy enough from all the bloggers […]
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UPROXX “The joke is: If you say you arrived to Austin on Tuesday, an Austinite will always jump in to say, ‘You should have gotten here on Monday, man, that’s when it was actually cool!” I laugh. I’m getting my hair cut in Bird’s — a hip, little Austin barber shop that I stepped into […]
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Allison Sanchez A few years ago, I lived in Hollywood — close to the base of a hike in the Hollywood Hills called Runyon Canyon. The trails are insanely busy, perpetually crowded with LA-strivers, tourists, and celebs. Also, dogs. So many dogs. The park gets about 1.8 million human visitors a year and three-hundred-thousand canine […]
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Columbia Pictures Whether you’re watching Jason Bourne venture along the Mekong River or Ethan Hunt scale cliffs without a harness, there’s a noticeable lack of on-screen eating by the secret agents of our favorite popcorn spy movies. Sure, 007 has all the time in the world for martinis and sex, but he doesn’t have time […]
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Uproxx A couple of years ago, on a road trip to the Grand Canyon, I was absolutely blown away by Flagstaff, Arizona. And “blown away” puts it mildly, to be honest. I’d never been to Arizona before. I expected red rock and, well, you know, the Grand Canyon. But Flagstaff was in the mountains — […]
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Uproxx When you’re traveling a lot, it’s tough to volunteer and give back to the world. You can’t necessarily take a daily or weekly position in one city and commit to being there. You can’t mentor a kid for a year without skipping town and letting them down or organize a major fundraiser when your […]
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Unsplash There’s this feeling you have when you realize you’re in a car with someone your own age and no adults for the first time. I remember being a freshman in high school when a senior said he’d drive me home from our cast party after closing night for Inherit The Wind. Being alone in […]
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Uproxx Picture yourself walking across a white sand beach in the Cook Islands. Feel your feet sinking into the pristine sugary sand. Listen to the turquoise ocean lapping against the shoreline. Pretty incredible daydream, huh? What could possibly make that pristine moment better? How could you ever top these levels of bliss? How about making […]
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Getty / Uproxx On Wednesday afternoon, following Canada’s decision to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8, President Trump announced that the US would also be temporarily ceasing operation of the controversial aircraft (and its sister craft the 737 Max 9) until further investigation. If you’ve already been booked on a flight on the 737 Max […]
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Wikimedia Commons Months before Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed on its way to Nairobi, US-based pilots had reportedly expressed concerns about the Boeing 737 Max 8 to federal authorities, according to The Dallas Morning News. Sunday’s 737 Max 8 crash was the second since October 2018, when the same type of aircraft crashed in Indonesia, […]
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Getty Image This post is updating regularly. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed shortly after takeoff this past Sunday, killing all 157 passengers on board. The route was the Ethiopian city of Addis Ababa to Nairobi, Kenya. The Washington Post reports that the flight was carrying passengers representing more than 30 nationalities and the victims of […]
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Heidi Heitkamp, the last Democrat to win a Senate race in North Dakota, stands with a duck call in 2018. Photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Heidi Heitkamp is nearing the end of her remarks, and she’s tearing up, her voice trembling over the speakers in this Grand Forks, North Dakota, coffee shop. It’s a […]
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Unsplash Switching Scenes is brought to you by Boost, a brand that knows the best experiences come when you change things up. A couple of years ago, I took the Megabus from L.A. to Vegas to meet a girlfriend for the weekend. I’d been to Vegas a few times, mostly justing hanging out on “The […]
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Pexels Summer is just around the corner. Finding a cheap flight or budget travel deal is only going to get harder and harder until fall hits. Luckily, prices are still trending on the low side and sales are still popping. That means it’s time to start planning that summer vacay if you don’t want to […]
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20th Century Fox Southern California has been experiencing one of its wettest winters in decades, making conditions ripe for a super bloom. The abundance of rain in and around LA has brought out so much of the state’s natural beauty that it’s even made the act of sitting in traffic just a little more bearable. […]
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Disney Parks In a shareholders meeting on Thursday, Walt Disney Co. Chairman and CEO Bob Iger finally revealed the long-anticipated opening date of the new Star Wars-themed section at Disney Parks. The new land, dubbed “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge,” will open on May 31st at Disneyland in Anaheim and August 29th at Florida’s Disney World. […]
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Josh McNair Switching Scenes is brought to you by Boost, a brand that knows the best experiences come when you change things up. About a hundred years ago, two very different men shared a similar dream — to build a castle in central California. They’d both devote their lives and resources to do so, and […]
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Getty Image/Uproxx When winter in the US hits, we recommend that those itching to party make like birds and head south for the warmer climes — where the festival scene is still going strong. Since the Southern Hemisphere is in the throes of summer and the tropics never get cold, hardcore partiers craving some raving […]
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HBO We’ve had an entire decade of Game of Thrones warning us that “winter is coming.” Now, as we approach the eighth and final season, the wall has come tumbling down and the storm is upon us. Forget Netflix and chill, it’s time for HBO and freeze (in spring, ironically enough). To celebrate the show’s […]
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Screenshot: YouTube (Mystic Monday) The citizens of Mobile, Ala., know it’s the birthplace of Mardi Gras in America. If the subject of New Orleans comes up, they might mention the Big Easy’s Fat Tuesday party. Anyone who has attended the twin bacchanalian Fat Tuesday celebrations in New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., will testify that the […]
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