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My Dragulator Look

Say hello to Chessy Jensen! Make yourself a little more fabulous with the Dragulator!
http://www.dragulator.com!

Who doesn't love a good TP'ing?

This photo is amazing in so many ways.  

It is a quintessential snapshot of days past.  Spending those hot Valley summer days sneaking out of the house and getting up to no good.  I particularly love the yellow Camaro that is half parked on the lawn as if someone had a bit too much to drink and rolled up late last night.

The view from the new Grows Up HQ

We are moving on September 1st into a new temporary home for the next 6 months or so. Here is our view.

Me and my buddy Ryder

I heart NYC

Can't wait to go back...

OMG. I love steak tartar at Balthazar.

It is one of my must haves when in NYC.

Ramen at Minca NYC

If I were to give birth, I'd do it in the Hello Kitty hospital

via strabello.it

No seriously. I would. What an awesome hospital in Taiwan. You gotta love the Asians.

http://www.strabello.it/fashion-news/l-ospedale-hello-kitty-a-taiwan/

Virgin Atlantic <=> Virgin American miles breakdown

If you are a frequent traveller and Virgin brand lover, then you were super excited to hear that finally the Virgin Atlantic and Virgin America flying clubs have finally merged.  But it was all pretty unclear as to what the hell this actually meant.

I have done some further investigation into the fine print and wanted to share my findings here for those of you, who like myself, can't read.

  • EARNING POINTS - You can credit Virgin America miles to your Virgin Atlantic account OR You can credit Virgin Atlantic miles to your Virgin America account.
  • SPENDING POINTS ON EITHER - Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members and Virgin America Elevate members will be eligible to spend their miles or points on either airline as of the second quarter of 2011.

Miles earned on Virgin Atlantic for Virgin America flights - example San Francisco -> Los Angeles

Main Cabin - 50% of miles flown 
Main Cabin Refundable - 100% of miles flown 
Main Cabin Select Instant Upgrade - 100% of miles flown 
Main Cabin Select - 100% of miles flown 
First Class - 150% of miles flown

Miles earned on Virgin America for Virgin Atlantic flights - example London -> New York

Promo economy - 10%
Discount economy - 20%
Full economy - 40%
Premium economy - 50%
Business class (Upper class) - 60%

Basically I'm going to start crediting all my points to Virgin Atlantic.  Because you can also (in theory) earn tier points (so I can keep my Virgin Atlantic Gold status).

The breakdown of tier points is:

CabinUnder 2,000 miles flown Over 2,000 miles flown
Economy Class 0 1
Business Class 1 2
First Class 1 2

To credit tier points (for the timebeing) you have to snail mail your tickets from Virgin America to Virgin Atlantic in West Sussex.  Yes, pretty darned ghetto.

More information found at the following links: