marketwatch.com August 24, 2019

‘It is an act of insanity to stay in the U.S.:’ Why this 63-year-old teacher ditched Massachusetts to retire in the highlands of Panama

Mary Taft lives with her two daughters, seven cats and two dogs in a mansion in Panama — and she wouldn’t have it any other way. But the former teacher and school administrator didn’t always know that a Panamanian retirement was in store for her.

marketwatch.com August 23, 2019

She’s 63 and living by the beach in Mexico on $1,000 a month: ‘I can’t imagine living in the U.S. again’

Janet Blaser knows a thing or two about reinvention. Once a food and restaurant writer in Santa Cruz, Calif., the now-63-year-old struggled to find work roughly a decade ago as journalism increasingly moved online.

nytimes.com August 22, 2019

Ready for a 19-Hour Flight? Tests to Start on New York-to-Sydney Route

LONDON — The Australian airline Qantas is preparing for what could become the world’s longest direct commercial flights — around 19 hours nonstop to Sydney from New York and London — with three test runs to monitor the effects of so-called ultra-long-haul journeys on the body.

nytimes.com August 23, 2019

Snapchat’s Disappearing Act Leaves Venice Beach Searching for Its Future

LOS ANGELES — For a lot of Venice die-hards, the thing that irked them most about Snapchat was the security guards.

bbc.com August 23, 2019

Can you cool a house without air conditioning?

At first sight, the view could be mistaken for the rolling hummocks of Hobbiton, right down to the perfectly circular doors opening out of the lush green hillside.

forbes.com August 22, 2019

How To Fly In First Class For The Same Price As Economy—‘Mistake’ Airfares And Cheap Flights

There is so much written online about air miles and credit card points that allows passengers to fly at the pointy end of the plane for just ‘pennies’. However, it is not just the nominal tax fee to pay that many articles would have the reader believe.

nytimes.com August 22, 2019

36 Hours in Rennes and St.-Malo

How to spend a weekend in two of northwest France’s most enchanting cities, with a side-trip to Mont-St.-Michel. Metropolitan. Maritime. Mystical.

fodors.com August 21, 2019

10 Tricks for Snagging Super Discounted Airfare

Insider secrets for finding great deals on international flights.

realsimple.com August 22, 2019

9 Weird Things That Happen to Your Body When You Fly—and What You Can Do About Them

When your flight touches down in another city, state, or country, it may feel like the journey is just beginning, but for your body, the adventure started when you boarded your flight (unless flight cancellations threw a wrench in your travel plans).