Super Cheap Travel TIP #2

Love the Yellow Pages!
Anyone who has traveled with me knows of my deep love of the phone book. Love it. Did you know it's a valuable source of free maps (go ahead and rip them out!), phone numbers and addresses for all the sites in your host city. You will usually also find a listing of all the local museums, parks, and attractions, along with an events calendar.
Another awesome thing about the yellow pages: COUPONS! In the back of just about every phone book is a section full of coupons for everything from 2-for-1 pizzas to discounts on theme park admissions, bicycle rentals and airport shuttles! Just double check the expiration dates...you don't know how long that book has been hanging around!
You'd be amazed at how much more acquainted you'll be with your new surroundings after 10 minutes flipping through the pages of the phone book. You might even save a buck or two!

Summer 2007 Soundtrack

Every good trip has to have a SOUNDTRACK! You know...those songs that stick in your head long after you return to your real life. Songs you wouldn't ordinary hear as part of your 9-5 office routine. No, these are the songs you hear from the rental car's stereo speakers as you cruise around town. It's the songs blasting from behind the counter at every t-shirt shop along the beach. Every soundtrack is comprised of both songs that make you want to run to Target to pick up the CD, along songs that you are certain will drive you mad if you hear them one...more...friggin' time!!!!

Here are my summer 2007 Soundtrack hits:
Amy Winehouse (bless her soul), Rehab
Sean Kingston, Mi Love
Plain White T's, THE WHOLE DAMNED CD, actually
Rihanna, Umbrella (ay ay ay....)

Most HATED Summer 2007 Soundtrack hits:
Fergie, Big Girls (omg...if I hear that song one more time I may go absolutely insane)
Sean Kingston, Beautiful Girls (ok, this one is growing on me)
Maroon 5, you know the song...

Ok, ordinarily I'm a Maroon 5 fan, but on a recent trip to So Cal, I happened to be listening to a radio station that was presenting Maroon 5 in concert. Sadly, they killed that song for me by promoting that friggin concert during EVERY SINGLE COMMERCIAL BREAK! Since this was a top 40 station, that was basically every 10 minutes! Needless to say, they are now dead to me.
What's on your Soundtrack for 2007?