Seat backs, tray tables and laptops...

En route to a friend's wedding in California... Making good use of the free in-flight wi-fi...

Lunch on Oprah!

Yes, it's true! Oprah just bought the whole country KFC!

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Even if you're having trouble printing, don't give up...
Coupon is available only until 11:59pm (Central Time) today, so get them now!

We Survived Free Pancake Day at IHOP (or...Free Pancake Day: You Get What You Paid For)

6:00 PM. We arrive. "45 minute wait," she says. No problem. Some window shopping to pass the time. "It'll be another 25 minutes." We can handle that. A bit before 7 PM and we're finally seated. Considering the crush of people it's not too bad. Then we meet our waiter. Or, as we like to call him, our tour guide through hell.

No flatware, no drinks, no menus. We scrounge some flatware from under a counter somewhere. And leftover carafes of coffee from vacated tables suffice for beverages. Table after table are seated, fed, billed and bid farewell. After an hour we start wondering where the cameras are. Could we possibly be on one of those "What Would You Do?" television shows? I quickly discover that if you stand up and start walking purposefully toward the kitchen someone asks if they can help you. Not that they WILL help you.

Finally, at 8:45 PM, our 3 buttermilk pancakes arrive. I can only imagine how hard it must have been to grind that flour and milk that cow. About two minutes after our food is served (and 1 hr and 47 mins after we're seated) our inept new friend gives us the bill. Looks like we unwittingly offered to pay for the whole restaurant. Unswerved, he tries some fancy math neither of us are familiar with to explain why we're paying for other people's hashbrowns. Determined, we send him back to the cash register and take a fresh carafe of cold coffee from another recently vacated table. Around 9:30 PM, after several more walks toward the kitchen and a friendly chat with the manager, we leave 3 pancakes richer and $11.26 poorer.

We survived Free Pancake Day.

IHOP National Pancake Day

Free pancakes at IHOP from 7am to 10pm this coming Tuesday! We're there!

Upload photos like a Pro

Working late tonight... thought i'd take a 5-min break to tell you about this new amazing service called Pixelpipe that lets you upload your pictures to multiple photo/ video sites in one shot... definitely worth taking a look, esp. if you're suffering from a "mild form of carpal tunnel syndrome." ;-) It really is as easy as 1-2-3!

Step 1: Choose from more than 45 sites

Step 2: Add to your heart's contentStep 3: Start uploading!

"Cheap Date: city-style"

Snapshot of our Itinerary:

subway to Manhattan (Brooklyn to Manhattan) = $4 (for 2)

drive a 6.2 liter, 457-hp Mercedes = $0

candy at Toys R Us = $4 (for 1/2 lb assortment)

subway back home = $4 (for 2)

pick up kimchi at a local Korean store = $2.95

make tasty "kimchi bok-um-bop" for dinner = $0 (recipe here)

romantic tv dinner while watching free movies from the library = $0

More "Cheap Dates"

Free in NYC (or "Cheap Date: city-style")

Our Mission:
Enjoy a breathtaking day in the City.
Our Challenge:
Have fun without breaking the bank.
Snapshot of our Itinerary:

walk Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn to Manhattan) = $0

ferry to Governor's Island (from Manhattan) = $0

bike Governor's Isle = free on Fridays!

water taxi to Ikea (Manhattan to Brooklyn) = $0

romantic dockside dinner at Fairway admiring the gorgeous sunset -- in-store food samples = $0; lobster roll platter = $9.99

window shop at Ikea = $0; frozen yogurt = $1

Ikea Shuttle Bus home = $0

Pictures and Details here!