SCAM ALERT: Travel Club Membership Scams To Avoid
You love to travel. Check. You love to find travel bargains. Check. You get a phone call or text inviting you to become a member of a travel club. Checkmate. You lose! Travel clubs generally …
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How to Qualify K-1 Visa Immigrant for California Health Insurance
“You cannot qualify for Covered California health insurance until you are a full-time resident,” you are told. “While you are a K-1 applicant, you cannot get California’s subsidized health care,” they insist. “Instead, buy travel …
Virtual Reality and Seated Exercises With an Injured Leg
You are incapacitated because of a leg injury or surgery. Walking is limited to crutches, if at all. How can you continue to maintain your exercise regimen while your leg is immobilized? We have a …
Environmentally sustainable bed sheets: Eucalyptus vs Bamboo vs Cotton
If you’re looking for the perfect set of sheets to snuggle up in at night, bamboo or eucalyptus bed sheets could be just what you’re after. Not only are these alternative fabric sheets incredibly soft …
The Most Nutritious way to Cook Tomatoes
Tomatoes — there’s a reason that just about every country in the world relies so heavily upon this fruit (that is also a vegetable). And cooking tomatoes makes them even more nutritious! That’s right. Lycopene …
Buying an EV: Lease vs. Car Loan
So you want to buy an EV. Good on ya! You’ll never have to buy gasoline again, and if you produce your own power using PV, then you are really helping the planet. However, does …
Best Broadband Home Internet in San Diego County
It’s taken almost 20 years, but some competition has finally come to home internet service in San Diego County. Within the last year, wireless home internet has begun being offered by wireless providers T-Mobile and …
New 2024 California Renter Protections
Updates to the 2019 California Tenant Protection Act went into effect on April 1st of this year. They enhance some of the previous protections for the state’s residential renters. (see California Civil Code sections 1946.2 …
ANALYSIS: Are Laundry Delivery Services Worth it?
You hate doing laundry. Or you don’t have a washer and dryer. Or there’s just not enough time in your life for washing, drying and folding. In the last five years, companies offering “laundry delivery …
REVIEW: Best Under $40 Champagnes Readily Available In the U.S.
Let’s face facts: France invented champagne. Since the 1700s, the French have been making some kick-ass sparkling wines and, 300 years later, they are still doing it. Champagne is made only the region in France’s …