I received an email yesterday from someone about to take an overnight trip on Amtrak. She wanted to know who and how much to tip. Good question! About the only...
Back in the late 80s, I was traveling from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon, on the Coast Starlight. It was my first trip on that Amtrak train and I enjoyed...
We have a new law here in Hawaii that will require all newly-built residential homes to have solar water heaters. Rough estimates are this requirement, which takes effect in 2010,...