Born on October 24, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia, Monica has won one Grammy and four Billboard Music Awards. Her first two albums, Miss Thang in 1995 (released when she was 14 years old), and The Boy Is Mine in 1998, were both certified triple platinum. She also has a double platinum song (“The Boy is Mine” with Brandy), and six additional platinum singles. Whitney Houston was her mentor and they remained good friends until Houston’s death in 2012....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.United’s MileagePlus X app is easily one of the best ways to stock up on airline miles while making everyday purchases for home, travel and entertainment. We’ve previously written extensively about how to utilize the app, but just today we discovered that the app has made earning bonus United miles even easier. You can now earn points by launching other merchant apps or websites from within the MPX app, on Android as well as on iOS....
Jump to Recipe What do you do when you make too much incredibly creamy, delicious homemade macaroni and cheese?? You make these Oven Baked Breaded Macaroni and Cheese Bites! If you thought your homemade macaroni and cheese was a hit, watch and see how much your family (ok, the little ones most of all) will love these perfectly bite sized snacks! There’s a reason macaroni and cheese is such a comfort food staple!...
With the holidays approaching, flight deals to Europe keep on coming — fly to Frankfurt, Munich or Rome from various U.S. cities for as low as $460.Multiple airlines are offering significantly discounted fares to these three European cities for travel from January-March 2023. If you’re flying from Chicago, there is also additional availability in April and from September through October of next year.Munich. HARALD NACHTMANN/GETTY IMAGESTour the Colosseum in Rome, stroll through Munich’s central square of Marienplatz to take photos of the grand Gothic buildings, or explore Frankfurt’s Old Town, which resembles a picture-perfect Christmas village....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.After spending a week shopping and eating my way through Istanbul, I decided to get a little adventurous and check out a new country: Kazakhstan. Following a brief stay in the capital, Astana, and an exciting 14-hour-long train ride, I arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city and former capital.Almaty served as the capital of the various iterations of the Kazakh state from 1929 until 1997, when the federal government was relocated to Astana....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Premium economy is becoming more and more prevalent. All three of the big US airlines have either introduced it or are planning to, while many of the big European carriers like British Airways, Iberia and Virgin Atlantic have seats in the premium economy cabin that are more or less like the ones you’d find in domestic first class....
01 of 07 C Suspended 4th Piano Chords Image © Brandy Kraemer, 2016 C Suspended 4th Inversions | View as Bass Chord Root Note: C Perfect Fourth: F Perfect Fifth: G A suspended 4th chord differs from a major or minor chord in that its third has been removed and replaced by a perfect fourth. If the third and fourth are both present, the chord is an add4: CADD4: C – E – F – GCminADD4: C – E♭ – F – G...
After much confusion surrounding Vietnam’s reopening to international travelers on Tuesday, travelers are officially welcomed back to the Asian nation as of March 16, according to the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam.For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.Entry protocols: Pre-departure COVID-19 test and visaTourists are once again allowed to enter Vietnam by presenting negative results of a negative COVID-19 test — either a PCR test taken within 72 hours of travel or a rapid test conducted within 24 hours....
O, Canada. Thank-you for opening your borders to vaccinated U.S. travelers once again. Come October, a handful of U.S. communities may be thanking you for Flair Airlines too.First launched in 2017, the ultra-low-cost Canadian carrier (ULCC) plans to offer non-stop seasonal service, from Oct. 31 through March 25, between eight Canadian cities and six U.S destinations: Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Orlando-Sanford (SFB), Phoenix-Mesa (AZA), Palm Springs (PSP), McCarran International Airport (LAS), and Hollywood-Burbank Airport (BUR)....
There are a number of different types of bass parts, but the primary role of the bass in a rhythm section is the same: defining the harmonic structure by emphasizing the chord roots, generally on the first beat of the measure. Beyond that, the different types of bass line help define the music’s style and sense of forward momentum. When crafting any bass part, it is useful to think of target notes and approach notes....
If you want to maximize your flight experience, then look no further than TPG’s list of the best airplane cabins.Each year, TPG staff fly hundreds of thousands of miles in new and innovative cabins, bringing you in-depth flight reviews to help you decide what to fly and where to redeem your points.While a host of airlines unveiled new cabin concepts this year, most of these updated configurations won’t be flying for at least the next three to five years....
The delta variant hasn’t been a problem for Delta Air Lines. Nor any other U.S. carrier. At least, not yet.Travel demand in the U.S. has not been blunted by the rapidly spreading delta variant, the major U.S. airlines have all said, with current travel numbers and future bookings continuing to trend upward.Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG’s free new biweekly Aviation newsletter!The resilience in travel demand comes despite a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the U....
For the airline industry, after nearly a year of trying to guess what a pandemic will do next, perhaps the best recent news was a regulatory filing by JetBlue.In that January filing with the U.S. Department of Transportation, JetBlue complained that it is being denied access to London Heathrow Airport (LHR). While JetBlue might be frustrated with its access to the U.K. capital, its complaint could be more broadly viewed as a welcome sign that the airline industry is eying a return to normal....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Still haven’t decided where to take that last-minute spring trip yet? You might have been thinking of a weekend getaway or a staycation, but United is giving us a pretty good reason to consider hopping across the Pacific to Japan. When you book an economy Saver award now through April 17 for travel completed by April 30, 2014, the airline is giving a 25% discount on the redemption level....
2,000 status qualifying points on flights operated by Spirit Airlines or spending on the Free Spirit Travel More World Elite Mastercard: 1 SQP for every $1 you spend with Spirit Airlines (flights, baggage, seat assignment, etc.). 1 SQP per $10 spent on the Free Spirit® Travel More World Elite Mastercard®. Achieve one of the following in a calendar year: 15,000 Mosaic qualifying points. 30 segments and 12,000 Mosaic qualifying points. Spend $50,000 on eligible purchases with your JetBlue Plus Card or JetBlue Business Card....
Crevasse is a Glacial Fracture A crevasse is a crack, crevice, or fracture in a glacier or moving mass of ice that forms from the movement and stress of the glacier, especially as it moves downhill. Stress in the ice caused by the glacier’s movement causes crevasses to open and close. Crevasses usually form in the upper 150 feet of a glacier where the ice is more brittle than deeper ice, which tends not to break and fracture as the glacier moves....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.After months of struggling to get an operating license, Bamboo Airways took to the skies for its first passenger flight on January 16. Three weeks later, I found myself in Vietnam between Cathay Pacific mistake fare bookings and I figured I’d check out the new airline that has ambitious goals to fly to the US by 2021. What I texted to my wife after my first flight sums it up in both the negative and positive ways: “Wow!...
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.While the unlimited 4th Night Free hotel discount program available through Citi Prestige took a bit of a hit last month, it’s still a tremendously valuable perk. And, a bit to our surprise, Citi’s recent changes even made the benefit more accessible: it can now be paired with a hotel’s own fourth-night-free offer, too.How did we come upon this nifty discovery?...
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Hotel amenities and COVID-19 safety protocols are rapidly changing. Always contact the resort directly to verify what is operating and what is still paused before making your reservation.Yes, travel looks different this year, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing, especially if you book a stay at Ventana Big Sur.Ventana Big Sur is an Alila property, just off the Pacific Coast Highway in Big Sur, California....
New York City isn’t known for being quiet.People outside the city often ask what it was like to live out the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York, which quickly became the epicenter of the crisis. Of course, there were horrifying stories of overfilled hospitals and high death rates caused by the virus.But there was also something else – a still, eerie silence.Aside from the sounds of ambulances racing up and down streets, you didn’t hear much of anything else in those early days....
