FREE TRAVEL ADVICE: The Airport Spa

Terminal Treatments
The Arrival of the Airport Spa

Unless you’re incredibly lucky—or have your own private jet—you’re already well acquainted with the aggravations of modern-day plane travel. Overbooked flights, repeated delays, and dragged-out layovers can undo days’ worth of holiday relaxation or turn a simple business trip into a Sisyphean struggle.

Thankfully, a new crop of airport spas—walk-in treatment centers where wilted travelers can rejuvenate with massages, facials, and beauty treatments—are helping air passengers to cope with the strain. You don’t need a first- or business-class ticket to take advantage of these spas—just a little extra time, and the desire to spend it far from your drab departure gate.

FREE TRAVEL ADVICE: Amazing Airport Lounges

The World’s Most Amazing Airport Lounges
A new generation of airport lounges is taking the layover over the top.

Just a few years ago, the comforts that could be found in high-end airport lounges were pretty much the same all over the world. Comfortable chairs (other than the molded-plastic variety); plasma-screen TVs; an open bar; free Internet access…these were the amenities that first- and business-class travelers could expect to find, from New York to Paris to Sydney.

No longer. In these times of heretofore-unheard-of airplane luxuries (fully reclining massage chairs, sleep pods, in-flight manicures), airport lounges have had to step up their game, too. In fact, with amenities like full-fledged spas, private nap rooms, and meals catered by celebrity chefs, airport lounges have become less of a place to kill time and more of a place to linger.

Welcome to the age of the happy layover.
See our list of the world’s most amazing airport lounges.

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Chicago for the disabled

Chicago is offering a new free guide for visitors with disabilities called "Easy Access Chicago."

Basic visitor information for city attractions like Millennium Park, Navy Pier, Wrigley Field and the Sears Tower are all in the guide, along with details on accommodations like ramps and elevators, handicapped parking, Braille signage and assistive listening devices, and accessible bathrooms, counters and ticket windows.

Other tips include how to get a 21-day pass for paratransit services or arrange free guided tours for visitors with disabilities through the Chicago Greeter program, http://www.chicagogreeter.com/ or 312-744-8000

"Easy Access Chicago" can be ordered by mail at no charge from the Illinois Bureau of Tourism at 800-226-6632 or by visiting http://www.enjoyillinois.com/. It can also be downloaded in a PDF format from http://www.easyaccesschicago.org/.

TRAVEL to CHICAGO: FREE Lincoln Park Zoo

During your next trip to Chicago, make sure you visit the FREE Lincoln Park Zoo.

Lincoln Park Zoo is a world of wildlife in the shadow of skyscrapers. Located within a verdant park just minutes north of Chicago, the zoo has been a natural, free oasis for generations of animal lovers, who come to hear a lion’s roar echo off nearby apartment buildings, see gorillas climb trees as the Sears Tower looms in the distance, or forget where they are as they immerse themselves in tropical rainforests, dry-thorn forests or spacious savannas.

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Travel Alert: NWA loosens policy on frequent-flier miles as of 2/20

NWA loosens policy on frequent-flier miles

Northwest Airlines Corp . Tuesday said it will allow customers to use frequent-flier miles as partial payment for tickets. The Eagan, Minn.-based carrier said its new PerkChoice with Cash and Miles plan will permit any WorldPerks member to purchase reward tickets for any available flight with a combination of cash and as few as 12,500 miles. Before, most WorldPerks members had to accumulate a minimum of 25,000 miles before they could snag a domestic award ticket. Northwest also announced Tuesday two new routes serving two cities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Wayne County to Help Tax Delinquent Homeowners

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GIVING BACK: Mentors needed for BIG BROTHERS/SISTERS

Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks help for program

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit needs Lunch Buddies volunteers to visit children and serve as mentors at schools in Detroit.

Malcolm X Academy and Gesu Church School have the most urgent needs for volunteers, but Big Brothers Big Sisters has programs at 14 schools, as well as off-site mentoring programs.
Contact Big Brothers Big Sisters at 313-309-1600.

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FREE Ladies Fitness Grand Opening Celebration 2/16 7pm

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Kids learn Mandarin Chinese from new NICK JR. show

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Kai-lan Chow is the cutest little animated girl since Dora the Explorer. In fact, she's a lot like Dora, in part because she's determined to teach her young viewers how to speak a new language. Dora does Spanish and Kai-lan, who is Chinese, is all about words in Mandarin such as ni hao, which means hello. Get in on the fun when "Ni Hao, Kai-lan" debuts today (2/7) on Nick. Jr. In the first installment, Kai-lan gets ready for a dragon boat festival.

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FREE "Nutrition on the Go" HELPS YOUR DIET by using your PHONE

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If you're trying to lose weight you're like a lot of people who've probably tried to do that a lot of different ways. It's a struggle for many of us. There is a new option that might help for some. Now you can get all the nutritional info you need from your favorite restaurants by using your cell phone.

The program is called "Nutrition on the Go". It's a text message service that lets you get nutritional information like calories, fat and protein on your favorite restaurant foods.
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DISCOUNT Greyhound drops prices starting 2/5

Greyhound discounts some routes

Detroiters traveling to Kalamazoo or Jackson will get a break on Greyhound fares.
The largest U.S. bus provider announced today (2/5) that it is dropping fares on select schedules, including routes from Chicago to Detroit, Cleveland to Detroit and Battle Creek to Detroit.
“Greyhound has a long history of providing affordable travel,” said Dave Leach, Greyhound’s president and CEO. “In a time of increasingly expensive travel costs, we are continuing our tradition of low-cost, convenient transportation."

Greyhound passengers can take advantage of up to a 45% savings on travel Monday through Thursday and up to 38% when traveling Friday through Sunday. The discount applies to regular, walk-up tickets purchased in Greyhound terminals.

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ADVANCE NOTICE: Detroit Plans to let NON-PROFITS buy foreclosed HOUSES for $2000

Detroit had 10,000 foreclosures in 2007, when the tax- and mortgage-delinquent cases are taken together. That is on top of roughly 12,000 foreclosures from 2005 and 2006 combined.
"We think it's a model that could be the beginnings of making a significant dent," he said.
The city put out its request for proposals from nonprofit groups in mid-December, and 27 responded by the Jan. 7 deadline. Diggs said he expects that the city will have a list of finalists in the next few days.

The finalists would have to prove nonprofit status, have home-ownership counseling services, experience with construction or property rehabilitation and financing. The Local Initiatives Support Corp., or LISC, a national affordable-housing group, is helping the city review applicants and plans to offer financing.
Mitchel Alexander, LISC program officer, said the national organization draws its funding from local foundations, banks and HUD.

If the program is successful, Diggs said he hopes banks will want to offer financing.
"It is our goal to qualify as many nonprofits as we can," Diggs said.
Once the finalists are chosen, the city will aim to process 100 properties, Diggs said. The nonprofit would have six to 12 months for renovations and then 90 days to find a buyer. If no buyer can be found, the nonprofit could offer a rent-to-buy option

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FREE Video Advice on Avoiding Foreclosure

Web video gives advice on Avoiding Foreclosure

People facing foreclosure can now watch a video on the county's government Web site -- http://www.oakgov.com/chi/housing_counsel/mortgage-tax_foreclose.html -- that suggests ways to deal with looming financial problems. "Saving Your Home Before Foreclosure Strikes" is hosted by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and includes lenders and others who zero in on the home foreclosure crisis and how to contact lenders or seek federally approved counseling. It will be broadcast by some area cable providers this month