My son played the violin for a couple of years, and then moved onto other, “cooler” types of strings. When the time came to shop for cheap electric guitars, he had been involved in music long enough to have an idea of what to look for in this instrument. While this made the hunt a [...]
When they first came out, I honestly thought that iPod MP3 players were just a passing fad. There were no cheap MP3 players at that point, and I couldn’t figure out why it made more sense to get them than to just get a portable CD player. After all, most people already had their music [...]
If you love to read magazines, but hate to pay the cover prices, you should know that you have a better option. You can find a cheap magazine subscription for almost any one you want, and you probably won’t have to look very hard to find it. There is a reason why these subscriptions are [...]
So there I was, standing out in the rain looking for last minute theatre tickets to see a Broadway show. This wasn’t how I had pictured spending my vacation. When I took a train into New York from Jersey City, my friend had promised me we would have the time of our lives. Apparently, he [...]
Getting away from it all may sound really appealing but paying for the getaway does not. Sometimes we wind up getting more wound up after a weekend escape because we have spent too much money. Cheap weekend breaks are the perfect alternative to the expensive short vacation and there are plenty of ideas to use [...]
I want you to do something for me. Think about the last good movie you watched. Yeah I know, this can be a bit difficult with all the garbage out there today. I swear some of these flicks I’ve seen lately are shot in people’s backyards with a hand-held. And the script is utterly atrocious. [...]