A vacation you can afford
Get Rich Slowly gives some great advice on being a tourist in your own hometown. Tips:
- Set a budget.
- Grab a guidebook.
- Book a tour.
- Be adventurous.
- Chat it up. Talk with the actual tourists.
- Be unreachable.
- Swap houses.
- Think outside the box.
Cool clothes for big kids
BusinessWeek has an interesting article about retailers filling the need for plus-sized children’s clothes. I hadn’t considered the fact that the national trend for bigger kids would produce a related need in clothing. Nice to see that this is finally getting addressed, although slowly.