Evelyn Kanter has a lifetime of experience as journalist -- as a magazine and newspaper writer and photographer, radio and television news producer and reporter, and guidebook author and editor, all focusing on travel, automotive, lifestyle, the environment and your rights as a consumer.
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Gas prices are down substantially from last year, and you can buy great new car for under $20,000, but owning and maintaining a vehicle is still expensive. These websites will help you save green — dollars, that is — with whatever you drive.
Repairs — Check Repairpal.com to find out what the job should cost. This [...]
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It’s safety first for any holiday driving, including this long Fourth of July weekend. Every family road trip should start with a ten minute check of the car in the driveway to give you peace of mind on the road ahead. Ten minutes now can save you headaches, time and money, [...]
Despite the BP oil spill, the worst environmental disaster in US history, most beaches along the Gulf of Mexico remain open and ready for visitors. One of the best ways you can help resort communities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida is to travel there and spend your money in the local, family-owned restaurants, boutiques, [...]
1994 Honda Accord is most-stolen vehicle
An estimated 2,650 cars are stolen each and every day in the USA. That equals about one car, SUV, minivan or pick-up truck stolen every 33 seconds. So, in the time it takes you to read this article, two vehicles could have been stolen. Or three, depending on how quickly you read.
It’s not just fancy [...]
Crystal Cruises recycles unused soap, shampoo
It always breaks my heart to leave behind soap and other bathroom amenities that I used only a couple of times, knowing they will be thrown out by housekeeping. I’ve been wishing for years somebody could figure out a way to recycle them. Somebody has.
Non-profit foundation Clean the World has developed [...]
2010 Lexus HS250h hybrid luxury sedan
More of us car shoppers are researching 2010 and 2011 models from our mobile phones. The website Cars.com, which launched a mobile site in 2007, reports a surge in mobile shopping activity since the launch of its iPhone car shopping app in February.
As much as 10 percent of Cars.com’s traffic now comes via a [...]
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Where to Find Me 
July
Norwegian Epic
Inaugural Cruise
San Francisco
Launch, 2011 VV Jetta
Trinidad/Tobago
June
Speaker
SATW Meeting, Newport, R. I.
May
Speaker
Alternative Fuel Conference
Las Vegas
Author Book Signing
Peaceful Places NYC
My new travel guidebook
Book Expo America, NYC
Cuba
Havana, Cienfuegos,
Trinidad, Santa Clara
April
San Francisco
Launch, 2011 Ford Fiesta
March
Dubai
Bangkok, Chang Mai
Beaver Creek, Colorado
Where I’ve Been January
Beaver Creek, Vail, Colorado
2009
Miami - Audi A8 launch
Los Angeles Auto Show
Detroit - GM, Ford
St. Lucia
Guadalajara, Mexico
Frankfurt Auto Show
Stuttgart, Munich, Augssburg
Edmondton, Canada NASCAR
Churchill, Canada, "Polar Bear Capital of the World"
Taos, Albuquerque
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