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Postcards from the Frugals

Shoot for the Moon!

May 4, 2010

Houston, we have a problem. Haha! Just kidding. Freddie here, and the family is at another outlandish location on our vacation. In this case, it really lives up to the title of “outlandish”; we’re on the moon! I can’t really believe it myself, but here we are amongst the stars and celestial bodies that dot [...]

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Connect today with tomorrow: build a bridge

May 4, 2010

Greetings from the Golden Gate! Fern here, and the family has made it out to the west coast! Finally some sunshine and warmth! We’re here in San Francisco taking in the sights: Fisherman’s Wharf, Alcatraz, Lombard Street, Telegraph Hill, and of course, the world famous cable cars. The most stunning sight to see, though, is [...]

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Follow the Example of Plymouth Rock

May 4, 2010

Hello, Frugal followers. Fern here, and it’s been a dizzying, whirlwind of a vacation thus far, and there doesn’t appear to be any signs of it slowing down any time soon. We’ve already been around the entire globe, and today the family finds itself at one of the most famous sites in American history: Plymouth [...]

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“Financial Declaration of Independence”

May 4, 2010

Greetings and salutations, Frugal friends! Frannie here, and I’m with the family as we hit the last couple of stops on our amazing and informative vacation. Today, we find ourselves at the birthplace of America as we know it: Independence Hall.
The Hall was built in 1753 and served as the meeting place for the Second [...]

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Sculpture on a Grand Scale: Mount Rushmore

May 4, 2010

Hey everyone! Freddie Frugal here with the family as our vacation keeps rambling along like a Ford Model T. We’ve already seen so much, I’m having trouble storing all the various facts and tidbits of historic information that we’ve learned. Frannie, of course, has no problem, and has taken to quizzing me about the [...]

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How Bazaar

May 4, 2010

Hello, my Frugal following friends! It’s Frank, and I’m here with the family at The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey.
The family is a little low on walking around money right now, so we decided to make a little pit stop here and see if we can’t sell off some of our wares for a little [...]

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The Importance of Learning (and Teaching)

May 4, 2010

Hello, everyone! It’s Fern, and as we make the last few stops on our trip, I had to convince the family (well, really just Frank and Freddie) to make a brief stop at the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States: Harvard University
Aside from showing Frannie where she’ll someday be attending law school [...]

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Gettysburg.

May 3, 2010

A somber hello to you, Frugal friend. It’s Frank, and the family is still on its globetrotting trek. Today, we come to you from one of the most famous sites in American history, and the place where many young men lost their lives: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The small town of Gettysburg was little more than a tavern [...]

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The Frugal Family Visits Chicago

May 3, 2010

Hello, baseball fans! Frank here with the family at arguably the most famous and sacred locations in all of sports history: The world famous Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Chicago has always been a great sports town and has given rise and fame to names such as Michael Jordan, Gale Sayers, Walter “Sweetness” Payton, Ernie Banks, Ferguson [...]

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“Old Ironsides” has a message for your family

May 3, 2010

Salutations, friends of the Frugal family! It’s Frannie, and the family and I are in the United States, taking in some of the most historic sites our beautiful country has to offer. Today’s stop? Boston. We’re visiting the most famous seafaring vessel of early American history, the USS Constitution.
The Constitution was commission in 1794 by [...]

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