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Few things wear down your finances like the endless grind of monthly utility bills. Those include energy bills , water bills, sewer bills, natural gas bills and heating oil bills. If it keeps your house warm or cool, provides water or eliminates waste, it likely costs you money each month. Every little advantage you can get when it comes to reducing those monthly utility costs means more money at the end of the month in your checking account. The best part is that there are many effective ways to trim your utility bills by doing a one-time task that lowers those bills. Here are 12 things you can do to reduce your utility cost: Negotiate —    Go through each of your utility bills and mark every charge you don’t recognize. Call up that utility, ask about all of those charges and request to have them removed from your bill. Every charge you can have eliminated from your monthly bill is a saving...

Customers talk at the “Central Perk” coffee shop in Shanghai. (AFP/Getty Images) A library pops up by the sea, a neon party lights up the night and cannabis pros get high on knowledge. The weekend is also filled with good eats — tacos, barbecue and fruit. FRIDAY, AUG. 16 – FRIDAY, AUG. 23 Central Perk Café Pop-up The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf — 8793 Beverly Blvd., West Hollywood The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf — 1312 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica Jump back to the ’90s. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Friends, two Coffe Been stores will transform into Central Perk Café, the coffee shop from the ’90s sitcom . Lounge on the orange couch with a limited-edition Central Perk mug while you sip a Friends -themed drink. The Rachel Matcha Latte sounds good. So does the Chandler Caramel Coconut Latte. And the Monica Midnight Mocha Cold Brew. COST: Varies; MORE INFO FRIDAY, AUG. 16; 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Santa Monica Public Library at the Beach Annenberg Community Beach House — 415 Pacific...

Your next backyard party just got taken to the next level. Allow me to introduce you to the Philly Yard Bar who will bring this seriously cool pop up bar to any outdoor party. Kerri Marin and her husband Andy are the masterminds behind the traveling pop up which is currently available in Philadelphia, New York , and various cities in Florida including Gainsville, Orlando, Tampa, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples, and Miami.  The 40-person-pop-up bar is perfect for any kind of outdoor event. The Marins have also made sure that you’ll have everything your event could possibly need. The bar set up comes fully stocked with a 42″ smart TV, bar stools and high top tables, beverage storage, a generator, sound system and more. For your next event, you can take it to any venue of choice which is probably why it’s a popular choice for weddings , birthdays, golf outings, corporate events, and more. There’s plenty of hanging out space provided around the bar so that your event will be the ultimate...

Arcade games are a classic. They’re still found today in bars, gas stations, and restaurants. Before many had the privilege of playing videos games in their home , they played classic arcade games at the arcade. Arcade classics we all love are Pac-Man, Galaga , Centipede, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and Star Wars. Not only did my parents grow up playing arcade games, but so did I. They still have national prominence at movie theaters . Creative Arcades Full-Size Commercial Grade Cabinet Arcade Machine Amazon My parents made my sisters and I a game room growing up. We played these same classic games on the Atari and my Mom’s Nintendo 64 . The room had a retro theme and you definitely say my parent’s childhood memories  influenced the set up of the room. We had an entire wall painted like a checkered floor to make it have a real arcade atmosphere. I just want to say, we youngsters were submerged in the 80’s culture before Stranger Things made it cool . It was...

What should we expect from Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors this season? This will be the first time in a while that the Warriors start the year not being strong championship favorites . Kevin Durant is now a member of the Brooklyn Nets , Klay Thompson is recovering from an ACL injury and D’Angelo Russell is joining the Golden State backcourt. Fresh off of inking a $100 million contract extension to remain with the Warriors, Green sat down with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols in Las Vegas to discuss what the new deal means to him, how he found out Durant was leaving and what’s next for this franchise. Here’s part of that interview. Note: This interview has been edited for clarity. Rachel Nichols: Alright, you have been living your best life these past couple of weeks. Music festival in Toronto with Drake, Boogie Cousins’ bachelor party in the Bahamas, you and I are sitting here right now in Las Vegas. It’s been an OK summer, and then that whole contract thing, too. I gues...

Dallas has so many hidden gems but some of them are taken to the next level. The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum: The Samurai Collection is the largest samurai collection outside of Japan and it’s located right here in Texas. The collection was put on display in 2012 and has over 1,000 items in the collection. Some of the items on display include armor, masks, helmets, and weaponry. The collection is ever-growing and rotates twice a year to give visitors something cool and new to look at. The museum is definitely a hidden gem as it is above a restaurant in Harwood. You can take a self-guided tour around the museum and they even have a mini library filled with books about the samurai’s adventures. The museum gives you a look at things like arrow boxes where weapons where stored.   Around the museum, there are mannequins of both humans and horses decked out in traditional gear. You’ll see horses with masks that make them look like fierce dragons. Guests will also ha...

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