March 7, 2012
- 9:30 am
By Laura - St. John's

Planning on getting away for spring break?
While I love to travel, the one thing that I don’t love about it is planning the flights. Trying to find the perfect flight on the date and times you want, without too many layovers, at the lowest price possible amidst the sea of flight options out there is enough to drive a person crazy.
But with Hipmunk, booking flights is now a whole lot less stressful.
Hipmunk is an airfare search engine that, like other similar sites, lets you search multiple airlines to find the right flight for you. However, it stands apart from the competition with its clear, easy-to-understand interface. For example, while Kayak also searches multiple airlines, it still generates multiple results pages. With Hipmunk, you’ll get only the best results on one page. Read More »

This week, I had a lot of “those days.” You know, those days where you just feel so…blah. And it made me want to run away. Not like the way you used to want to run away from home when you were in middle school, though. I want to run away and go somewhere exciting. Somewhere awesome, somewhere I’ve never been before. Sadly, money doesn’t grow on trees, and I can’t afford an exotic getaway. But that doesn’t mean I can’t dream.
Here are the places I’d rather be… Read More »
February 13, 2012
- 11:15 am
By Garnet Henderson – Columbia U

Ah, spring break. So close yet so far away. Is it bad that the semester just started but I’m already dreaming about it? I can’t wait for a chance to get away. Where will I really be going for spring break? Nowhere. But a girl can dream, right? Here are just a few of the great places I wish I could jet away to.
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January 25, 2012
- 11:30 am
By Garnet Henderson – Columbia U

Ok, so it hasn’t been that rough of a winter in NYC. In fact, there’s not even any snow on the ground currently. But don’t let any of the aforementioned fool you. That hasn’t stopped me from dreaming of a tropical vacation.Warm sun, sandy beach, comfy lounge chair and a cold drink? Um…yes, please, sign me up!
Check out some of the warmer places I’d love to jet away to right now. Read More »
Tags: australia, Bangkok, bora bora, dubai, galleries, mexico, photos, spring break, tahiti, vacation, warm weather
January 23, 2012
- 11:30 am
By Garnet Henderson – Columbia U

Instead of freezing over the holidays, it looks like most celebs opted for tropical vacations. Luckily for us, every single one of them decided to take a ride on a jet ski. From those who looked like they were born to ride the waves, to some others who seemed more than awkward in their puffy life jackets, this is one of those galleries you never knew you wanted to see…but you totally do.
Click through for some photos of celebrities living it up on the water. Read More »
Tags: Beyonce, chris brown, Eva Longoria, janet jackson, jet ski, Justin Timberlake, minka kelly, penelope cruz, russel brand, shakira, vacation

After becoming a flight attendant, I’ve learned a little bit of something about spontaneous adventure. In one week, I spent half a day in Jamaica (bought Roasted Ground coffee and coconut rum candies), I explored nearly every edge of New York City (found a killer pizza parlor, took mock pictures at Tiffany’s and ate cookies from Bouchon Bakery) and I sunbathed next to a clear pool in Florida while sending Twit-Pics of the palm tree-clad view.
I’ve learned a lot about myself through all of this exploring. I’ve learned that I love not knowing what I’m going to be doing next week. I’ve learned that I love taking photos of new things at different angles and color schemes. I’ve learned that I love hotel beds and being alone for at least an hour a day. I’ve learned that I will ask for help if I need it. Or directions. Read More »
January 12, 2011
- 2:30 pm
By Sarabeth - University of Texas

[Hey everybody! Sarabeth here with a new feature that, quite frankly, I'm stoked about. Each week I'll be bringing you an album that I feel is particularly awesome in the hopes of building iTunes libraries everywhere! It could be something new, old, hugely popular or fairly unknown, so keep checking back for our suggestions to awesome-ify your music collection.]
Sigh…my and everyone else’s winter breaks are very quickly coming to an end. And while I may currently be spending time at home with the fam, I will soon return to my friends and there needs to be some serious drinking action. Not only do I want to mourn the end of my last semester break of college, but to also drink away this past week with my entire family under the same roof for the first time in a year. For this last weekend of break, I highly recommend AWOLNATION’s debut EP, Back From Earth.
About the Band:
AWOLNATION is the new solo project of Aaron Bruno of Under The Influence Of Giants and Home Town Hero. The name AWOLNATION comes from his nickname Awol, which he’s had since high school.
Top 3 Tracks:
Sail
Dirty Filty Soul
Burn It Down
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Tags: aaron bruno, awolnation, back from earth, Back to School, drink, family, great music for college students, party, put this on your ipod, vacation, winter
September 29, 2010
- 1:00 pm
By Zahra- Northwestern University

Bonjour, mon amis!
Sorry, couldn’t help it. I’ve just taken up French and I’m getting so obsessed! The language is so gorgeous (especially when it’s coming from the lips of a sexy Parisian man) and a nice change from Spanish, which I’ve studied all my life. Plus, every French class I sit through takes me back to my days in Paris this past summer. I loved everything about it: the food, the people, the fashion, the scenery.
Well, everything except for all the smoking. It seemed like everywhere I went there was a cloud of smoke around me. Call me crazy (a lot of people do), but all that smoke just made me super paranoid. I couldn’t shake the vision of my lungs getting just a little bit blacker and my skin getting clogged with wrinkle-causing smoke particles. Not that I know if smoke particles exist, but my imagination usually doesn’t adhere to scientific fact, so whatev.
This made me imagine what it would be like to actually be a smoker, which led me to wondering: Read More »

Ah, summer. The temperatures rise, the air thickens, our tans darken (unless you work in an office like me), and we go back to the old friends from home that we haven’t spent much time with in the past year. But among the mass of people you used to see all the time in high school, there are six different types of people that you will never see over your long summer vacation at home. Read More »
Tags: college, facebook stalker, friend nobody likes, girl with a boyfriend, hang out, high school friends, home friends, life in college, six types, sumer vacation, summer, summer break, types of people, vacation
June 16, 2010
- 9:00 am
By Laura - St. John's
[There are over 100 million sites on the Internet. 100 million! You might think you know about all the important ones (CollegeCandy, Gmail, Google, TFLN…), but there are thousands of other sweet sites out there (like Covet, Any Clip, and Live Mocha) and more showing up every day! We get it – it’s not easy or fun sifting through the crap and porn to find those gems, so we’re gonna bring the gems to you. Just sit back, kick up those feet and allow us to introduce you to the diamonds in the internet rough.]
Ah, summer. There’s something about this time of year that brings back memories of the beach, county fairs, baseball, and, of course, family vacations. Although at times, my family drove me crazy on those trips and I’d much rather have been anywhere else than with them, there are still tons of great memories of all those long drives to see relatives, camping trips, and visits to amusement parks that filled my summer vacations growing up.
So in honor of both summer (which officially starts next Monday) and Father’s Day this Sunday, I give you: Dads on Vacation. Read More »