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Why is American Airlines blocking Pageonce Travel’s Trip Tracker?
When people ask what my favorite iPhone app is I say Pageonce Travel’s Trip Tracker without hesitation. It automatically pulls all your travel reservations (air, hotel, car) with confirmation numbers and everything and loads them into one place. It also sends alerts if anything changes. As a frequent traveler I totally rely on it… I [...]
I Still Haven’t Forgiven Lassen’s
It’s been three years since Lassen’s broke my heart by donating $27,500 of dollars in profits in the company’s name to the “Yes on 8″ campaign to end gay marriage. If the owners had only donated in their own name with their own money I wouldn’t care nearly as much. But this money was donated [...]
Seven Day Vegan Challenge
Friday night I watched a program on CNN that a friend had told me about called “The Last Heart Attack.” It scared the hell out of me. Saturday I embarked on a challenge to see if I could eat only vegan food for seven full days. It didn’t seem like that big of a deal [...]
Restaurants
ToGo’s Sandwiches is Coming to Ventura!
Well it’s been a good year for new restaurants! We got a Freebirds, a Panera, and now we’re FINALLY getting a ToGo’s Sandwich Shop. I saw the sign today between Robek’s Juice Bar and the Baja Fresh over off Telephone, where the old Quizno’s used to be. Of course I’d rather see more locally-owned restaurants [...]
Help Freebirds Help Hungry Families Today
Freebirds World Burrito at Telephone and Victoria is doing a soft launch today (the official opening isn’t until Wednesday) and the first 250 people to show up between 11-1 and 5-7 today will get to test out the food in exchange for a $5 donation to Food Share. They’re doing it again tomorrow (Tuesday) for [...]
Local Happenings
ToGo’s Sandwiches is Coming to Ventura!
Well it’s been a good year for new restaurants! We got a Freebirds, a Panera, and now we’re FINALLY getting a ToGo’s Sandwich Shop. I saw the sign today between Robek’s Juice Bar and the Baja Fresh over off Telephone, where the old Quizno’s used to be. Of course I’d rather see more locally-owned restaurants [...]
“Harvest Passport” Coming This November
This looks like fun: In November, the Ventura County Winery Association is going to be offering a “Harvest Passport” for $35 that gets you a full tasting at six Ventura County-based wineries. You also get a 10% discount at the wineries and get entered into a drawing for some prizes. Thankfully they give you the [...]