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Join Wise Bread at the Miami Book Fair This Sunday!

Will Chen — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:19:26 +0000

We've been invited to present our books, 10,001 Way to Live Large on a Small Budget and The Frugal Duchess: How to Live Well and Save Money, at the 26th Miami Book Fair International!

Wise Bread writers Myscha Theriault and Sharon Harvey Rosenberg will be on hand to sign books, answer questions, and share their favorite frugal tips.

The fair is great fun for the whole family. It features Nobel laureates, rock stars, comic book artists, celebrity chefs, the most buzzed about novelists, and revered poets. There are hundreds of authors on just about every topic. We're thrilled to rub elbows with authors such as Orhan Pamuk, Al Gore, Margaret Atwood, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Iggy Pop, Barbara Kingsolver and Ralph Nader.

Meet the Ladies, Win a Prize

When you see Sharon or Myscha on Sunday, tweet:

I spotted @wisebread writers at the Miami Book Fair!

On Monday, we'll randomly select 1 winner to receive a $20 Amazon Gift Certificate. Make sure you follow us on Twitter so we can let you know if you've won.

Schedule

3:30-4:30 pm: Q&A with Myscha and Sharon

4:30-5:30 pm: Book signing with Myscha and Sharon

Admission:

Q&A session is free and open to the public. Seating is on a "first come, first served" basis. Other sections of the book fair may require a ticket. Check the ticketing page of more info.

Location:

Myscha and Sharon will be giving the Q&A here (click here for map):

Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Room 7106/7107 (Building 7, 1st Floor)

After the Q&A session the ladies will be just outside the room to sign books and chat with the readers.

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Share a Frugal Tip With Wise Bread and Get Featured in a Newspaper

Will Chen — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:13:06 +0000

By Will Chen

Wise Bread blogger Sharon Harvey Rosenberg is also the author of the Frugal Duchess, a nationally syndicated column distributed by the McClatchy Company (the third-largest newspaper company in the United States).

Sharon would like to feature your great tips in her column!

Every Wednesday night, Sharon will be asking a frugality, personal finance, or traveling question in the Wise Bread forums. I'll "sticky" her question so you can't miss it. Just look for a thread started by Sharon (her forum name is "Frugal Duchess") titled "Reporter Query of the Week."

If Sharon ends up using your idea for her column, she may quote you and point readers to your blog!

Sharon has mentioned Wise Bread several times in her column. Each mention brought us tons of new readers and fantastic mainstream media exposure.

If you like to see your name in print, have a blog to promote, or just want to share great ideas with the whole world, make sure you check the forums every Wednesday night for Sharon's weekly question.

Sharon's question for this week:

What tricks, so-called specials and bogus discounts have you noticed at stores, malls or other vendors? What should shoppers watch out for?

If you have an answer, please share them with Sharon in the forum!

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TJ Maxx Giving Away $500 in Gift Cards to Wise Bread Readers

Will Chen — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:47:27 +0000

By Will Chen

Editor's note: Contest ended!

Blog Giveaway Winners:

Powered by Tofu: $150
Judy Palumbo: $50
Heather C: $50

Twitter Giveaway Winners

@sweepstakesgirl: $150
@Lunachique: $50
@simplyandreah: $50

We reserve the right to pick new lucky winners if you don't return our emails/Tweets by Friday, 10/2!

T.J. Maxx is giving away $500 worth of gift cards to our Wise Bread readers!

In addition to the giveaway, we also have lots insider tips about how to maximize savings at T.J. Maxx, the best frugal fall fashions for kids, and how to convince your kids to shop at off-price retailers. But first, the contest!

Blog Giveaway: $250

Prizes:

1 winner: $150 gift certificate.
2 winners: $50 gift certificate.

How To Enter:

Simply leave a short comment below answering any one of these questions:

Name the favorite tip/fact you learned about TJ Maxx in this interview.
Name a product you've purchased at an off-price retailer like TJ Maxx or Marshalls.
Share your favorite back-to-school shopping tip.

Twitter Giveaway: $250

Prizes:

1 winner: $150 gift certificate.
2 winners: $50 gift certificate.

How to enter

Simply tweet one of these messages:

Win $500 worth of #TJMaxx gift certificates at @WiseBread http://bit.ly/tjmaxx
Retweet this for chance to win $250 in #TJMaxx gift cards @WiseBread http://bit.ly/tjmaxx

You can enter both contests. For both giveaways: Contest ends on 9/27/09. We'll randomly select the winners and announce them here on 9/28. US residents only, must be 18 or over, void where prohibited.

Q&A WIth T.J. Maxx

Sonya Cosentini, a spokesperson for TJ Maxx, was kind enough to answer my questions about back-to-school shopping and her company.

What do you say to a kid who thinks she's too cool to shop at T.J. Maxx?

Shopping at off-price retailers is a win-win for both mom and kid—they can find the trends and mall-store names they are looking for and you as a parent can stay within your budget. The best way to explain to your kids is to show them. Ask them to go through a magazine or online and point out the looks they want to create for their back to school wardrobe.

Have them make a list, and then take them to T.J. Maxx first. They’ll be surprised that they will find all of those trends right there! T.J. Maxx even has those same mall-store brands that kids crave, and once they see those in the rack, and parents explain how much more they can get by purchasing them there instead of the mall, they will be on board!

How much money can a typical family save at T.J. Maxx for back to school shopping?

Families can save hundreds of dollars on a back to school wardrobe by shopping off-price. For example, a hoodie you might find at a mall-store will be up to 60% less at T.J. Maxx. With the purchase of that piece alone, now you have more room in your budget for the other things your child needs to go back to school in style—like a new backpack or pair of sneakers!

What are the hottest fashion trends for girls this year?

There are so many amazing looks out there this season for girls! For the little girl, try colored skinny leg jeans with sparkly belts paired with a buffalo plaid tunic or graphic printed t-shirts. Little girls express themselves with t-shirts with peace signs, butterflies and hearts on sublimation and watercolor patterns. Printed scarves that feature the same patterns or tie-dye will be the must-have accessory for back to school.

For teen girls, it’s all about recreating their favorite teen tv celebrity look! For that upper east side style try skinny jeans with a plaid ruffled blouse and cropped jacket. Detailed ballet flats and brooches complete any preppy look. For the rocker teen, you’ll see them rocking leggings with cuts, rips, tears or lace trim, heeled booties and a tunic under a leather motorcycle jacket. With plaid all the rage this year, the ‘grunge’ look is easy to achieve: pair torn and worn jeans with a buffalo plaid tunic and chunky heels.

What are the hottest fashion trends for boys this year?

It’s really all about the basics and how to layer those basics to create must-have looks for both boys and girls this back to school season! For boys, you’ll see madras plaid in shorts, paired with collared shirts and striped sweaters. For a more casual, rocker look, boys will don printed t-shirts with skulls and vintage rock band logos with worn jeans and a funky hooded sweatshirt.

How is T.J. Maxx able to provide designer labels at such cheap prices? Are these items damaged in some way?

There are many ways that we are able to offer amazing value on designer merchandise, a few:

Buying closer to need: Our buyers travel 40+ weeks per year to negotiate with more than 10,000 vendors in over 60 countries (vs. department stores who buy seasonally). This allows more opportunity to score great deals.

Flexible “no walls” concept: Because not all stores carry the same merchandise, the buyers are able to buy either a large quantity to carry in all stores or only a few pieces to carry in select stores. For example, if a vendor has enough fabric to produce 600,000 blouses, but a department store only ordered 500,000, off-price buyers will purchase the extra 100,000 blouses – at a significant discount – and carry them in part of the chain.

Company owned distribution centers: T.J. Maxx and Marshalls’ nationwide distribution system allows for faster processing of goods to stores. Therefore, buyers can purchase merchandise up until the last minute of any given season – not only allowing them to respond to trends much more quickly than other retailers (who buy several seasons in advance), but also allowing them to “swoop in” and negotiate a better deal by waiting until a vendor is highly motivated to sell.

We buy it, we own it: Unlike department and specialty store buyers, off-price buyers never return merchandise to their vendors. This motivates vendors to provide a better price up-front.

No sales ever: Off-price stores offer low prices every day, so the customer never has to wait for a sale. Periodically, at the end of a season, any unsold merchandise will go on clearance, providing even further customer savings.

Don’t pay for the display: Another way the stores can keep prices low is by keeping their operating costs low. Rather than invest in expensive fixtures and fancy displays, off-price retailers focus on giving customers the best merchandise at a great price.

Besides price, are there any other differences between shopping at T.J. Maxx vs. department stores?

T.J.Maxx buys differently that department stores, which is the main way we are able to offer amazing values on the same merchandise to consumers. We also don’t pay for the expensive fixtures and fancy displays---so we can focus on keeping costs down for the consumer. Our merchandise is also organized differently, by size and department as opposed to designer.

More Insider Tips From Fat Wallet

Brian, who works for T.J. Maxx as a service coordinator, shared some great insider tips on how to maximize savings at T.J. Maxx. Here are some of his best tips:

Yellow stickers are final clearance, so don't expect more markdowns if you see an item with yellow stickers.

Look at the upper right of a T.J. Maxx price ticket. There is a 2 digit number. This number is the month the item came into the store and this number goes up to 24. The current month is 14. If an item is more than 2 months old but doesn't have a yellow or red sticker then kindly ask an associate to check for a markdown for you. Most likely the item was missed and you could save a lot of money. Also, if it’s more than 4 months before with one red sticker the associate can ask the manager to check the computer in the office for additional markdown but this is less likely to happen.

If an Item has damage and no markdown or one. you could get an additional markdown, just ask.

If you see an item you want. sometimes it would be best if you wait a bit and come back when its marked down. Markdowns are 33%, which is a good savings Read all 10 tips at Fat Wallet

Good luck with the contest everyone. I look forward to reading your comments!

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Vote for Wise Bread, JD, Jim and Lynnae For SXSW

Will Chen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:02:02 +0000

By Will Chen

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a wonderful music, film, and online media conference based in Austin, Texas. For the upcoming SXSW, the organizers are going to let YOU vote on which panels get presented at the conference.

Wise Bread has put together several useful blogging panels that will help your blog make more money, get more social media love, and attract more readers. Please vote for our panel proposals so we can meet you in Austin!

In addition to the Wise Bread crew (Linsey, Lynn, Greg, and Will), we’ve also stocked the panels with superstar guests such as:

JD (Get Rich Slowly)
Jim (Bargaineering)
Lynnae (Being Frugal)
Muhammad Saleem (#2 Digg contributor)
Amanda Maurer (Chicago Tribune’s Social Media Expert)
JD Rucker (#34 Digg contributor, 75,000 Twitter followers)
Jason Lankow (#4 Digg contributor)
Possible surprise guests from LifeRemix, Federated Media, and Money Tips networks.

Vote For Wise Bread Panels

If you like any of the following panel ideas, please register on the SXSW site (takes 10 seconds), click on the links below, and click the "thumbs up" button. That's all there is to it.

Even if you don't think you can make it to Austin, we'd still very much appreciate you telling the SXSW organizers that you support our ideas.

Why Direct Sales is Overrated

Blog Networks: What's Really In It For You

Measuring Blogger Credibility: FTC Regulation vs. Crowdsourced Solutions

Blogging Your Passion Meets Writing for Real Money

Fresh Ideas for Blogging: It's Not All Been Done

Why Community Blogging Is Better Than Going Solo

Layman's Guide to Building Highly Scalable Blogs

How to Influence Top Social Media Users

Do you have a favorite SXSW panel or your own panel ideas? Please share them in the comments. I hope we get to meet lots of Wise Bread readers in Austin!

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Miami Frugality Meetup With Myscha and Frugal Duchess This Monday

Will Chen — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:03:07 +0000

By Will Chen

Myscha and Sharon (The Frugal Duchess) are hosting a frugality meetup in the greater Miami area this Monday afternoon from 2:00-4:00 pm. You are all invited! (jump to details)

The ladies will be sharing frugal tips for back-to-school and fall shopping, and doing book signings for Sharon and Wise Bread’s new books. They’ll also be holding a free raffle for:

Free personal thrift consultations from Sharon and Myscha. Here’s your chance to get some expert advice on how to live large on a small budget.

2 free copies of the Wise Bread book.

This is a great opportunity to swap tips with other frugal folks in the area. Being frugal on your own can be tough. We are easily influenced by our peers. If your friends are eating out all the time and driving new cars, you are likely to do the same. Come meet some savvy, frugal-minded folks who take personal finance seriously.

All bloggers are welcome! As a syndicated columnist for the Miami Herald, Sharon is always looking for great new sources of inspiration. And if you share a great tip from your blog at the meetup, we’ll include it in our weekly roundup.

If you can’t make it, you can join the conversation on Twitter with the #cheaptalk hashtag.

You Are Invited!

Time: Monday, August 17th, 2009. 2:00-4:00 pm.

Location: Starbucks at Federal Highway and Young Circle.

1801 N. Young Circle
Hollywood, FL 33020-0000
954 924-1587
Google Maps link

You can find 2-hour free parking on 19th Ave between Polk and Tyler Street:

If you're thinking of getting some coffee there, don't forget to bring your own cup!

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Wise Bread Bloggers Open Mike Thread

Will Chen — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:00:27 +0000

By Will Chen

Wise Bread bloggers come from a rich array of backgrounds. Among our ranks are financial consultants, moms, career counselors, fiction writers, and even professional hobos!

Think of this as our monthly "open mike" thread for our bloggers. We'll share our projects, passions, family photos, and the little trials and triumphs of our lives.

This is your chance to get to know us outside of our personal finance personas. This is also a good time to offer bribes, marriage proposals, and free beer.

Myscha Theriault

I guess the project I'm most excited about right now is having teamed up with a couple of other bloggers to launch the Posh Frugality Network. We'll be providing tips on gracious living for less in both text and video formats.

After dragging my heels for some time, I've finally launched my own personal brand: Itinerant Tightwad. Having struggled to find a synergistic representation of all I'm passionate about, it's a huge relief. There's also a coordinating Flickr account with complimentary travel photographs. Feel free to indulge if they float your boat.

In addition to keeping up with my education blog, I've also finally had some time to start revving up my travel web site again. It had gotten a little stagnant while we got our bearings after the flood, along with a few other projects I hope to reactivate soon. One new article up there I hope people will really enjoy is called Ten Universal Travel Skills.

Here's the picture I snapped in Peru while we were touring the Sacred Valley.

Nora Dunn

After traveling abroad for almost three years, I made the giant trek from Australia to my home town of Toronto for a visit. While in town, I am catching up with family and friends, and will even travel to Mexico to be the maid of honor for my friend’s wedding.

And we’re celebrating another milestone for the Wise Bread community: 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget has just been released in Canada! They are available for order through Amazon.ca and Chapters Indigo.ca, and will be in bookstores shortly.

Julie Rains

Rode bikes with the family in the 2009 Greenway Sojourn, a 4-day, 130-mile-plus outdoor adventure along the Pine Creek Trail sponsored by the Rails-to-Trails conservancy. The achievement is getting the family willing and able to make the trip.

Celebrated my youngest son's move to First Class in Boy Scouts and my oldest son's participation in a weeklong mission trip repairing homes and meeting people in western North Carolina.

Here's a photo of me with the boys on the trail.

Will Chen

Had a delightful conversation with Jun Loayza of Viralogy about how new bloggers can leverage social media to promote their blogs.

Shared personal finance tips with a wonderful new interview blog Talk With Tim.

Has anyone noticed a slight decline in the number of unrestricted Creative Commons photos on Flickr? I had some reservations about the negative effects of Flickr-Getty partnership will have on blogging. A big thanks to Susan Gunelius for giving me an opportunity to express my concerns.

It has been a productive month for carnivals! I had the pleasure of hosting the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights and the Best of Money Carnivals this month. We also sponsored Bargain Babe's Frugality Fe$tival in LA!

Me looking like a tourist in NY for the Federated Media conference.

Tisha Tolar

I am so happy to announce to my WiseBread readers that I have officially launched my first, self-published fiction novel, Gen X at the end of July.

We are still working on our work-at-home tips blog at EmpoweringMomBlog. We've been gaining a lot of support and are featured in a lot of carnivals around the web.

Speaking of carnivals, if you have a blog and are tired of submitting a ton of work each week, we can do it for you, cheaply and efficiently. Visit our site, writeandpromote.com.

Are we missing any of your favorite Wise Bread bloggers? Let us know and we'll drag them in front of the open mike next month!

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BillShrink Giving $250 to One Lucky Wise Bread Reader

Will Chen — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:07:28 +0000

By Will Chen

This contest is as simple as pie!

Visit BillShrink.com and take a look at their lovely spokesmodel (wearing green) featured on their homepage.

Think of a cool nickname for her and write your answer in the comments below before 11:59 pm, August 14th, 2009.

Make sure you leave your name and email address when filling out the comments so we can contact you if you win.

That's it! We'll randomly select an entry and announce the winner on August 15th.

Limited only to US residents and those of legal age.

What is BillShrink?

Cap from Stop Buying Crap has a detailed description of BillShrink's service:

Frequently getting overage charges from your cell phone plan? Billshrink.com may be able to help you sort through hundreds of different cell phone plan and help you find the best plan to save you money.

Billshrink is pretty easy and straightforward to use. Choose the service that you want to compare (wireless or credit cards), input your calling or spending pattern and Billshrink will spit out a list of possible alternatives.

Personally, I'm going to call her Vera.

Editor's Note: The contest is closed. The winner is Eileen's suggestion Myranda Money. Congratulations Eileen!

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How to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle In One Night

Will Chen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:00:03 +0000

By Will Chen

Not eating for 12-16 hours can help people quickly reset their sleep-wake cycle, according to a study from the Harvard Medical School. This discovery can drastically improve a person's ability to cope with jet lag or adjust to working late shifts.

Scientists have long known that our circadian rhythm is regulated by our exposure to light. Now they have found a second "food clock" that takes over when we are hungry. This mechanism probably evolved to make sure starving mammals don't go to sleep when they should be foraging for food.

The lead researcher Clifford Saper explains:

The neat thing about this second clock is that it can override the main clock ... and you should just flip into that new time zone in one day.

It usually takes people a week to fully adjust to a new time zone or sleeping schedule. To think that this new "food clock" hack can help you change your internal clock in one day is mind boggling.

How Do You Use This Trick?

Simply stop eating during the 12-16 hour period before you want to be awake. Once you start eating again, your internal clock will be reset as though it is the start of a new day. Your body will consider the time you break your fast as your new "morning."

For example, if you want to start waking up at 2:00 am, you should start fasting between 10:00 am or 2:00 pm the previous day, and don't break your fast until you wake up at 2:00 am. Make sure you eat a nice healthy meal to jumpstart your system.

Another example: If you are travelling from Los Angeles to Tokyo, figure out when breakfast is served in Tokyo, and don't eat for the 12-16 hours before Tokyo's breakfast time.

Combined with other hacks to help you get more sleep and be more productive, you can quickly adjust to any time zone.

The Science: Why Does This Work?

Like everything else in our evolutionary history, it has to do with survival. Clifford Saper explains:

Here's a quick summary of Saper's research findings:

"For a small mammal, finding food on a daily basis is a critical mission. Even a few days of starvation, a common threat in natural environments, may result in death," the study said.

"Hence, it is adaptive for animals to have a secondary "master clock" that can allow the animal to switch its behavioral patterns rapidly after a period of starvation to maximize the opportunity of finding food sources at the same time on following days."

The shift is a survival mechanism in small mammals that forces them to change their sleeping patterns, Fuller suggests. One starvation cycle is enough to override the traditional light-based circadian clock, the study suggests.

"This new timepiece enables animals to switch their sleep and wake schedules in order to maximize their opportunity of finding food."

"A period of fasting with no food at all for about 16 hours is enough to engage this new clock," says Saper.

"So, in this case, simply avoiding any food on the plane, and then eating as soon as you land, should help you to adjust — and avoid some of the uncomfortable feelings of jet lag." CBC (quoting study published in the May 22 issue of Science).

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xkcd & Imgur joins 4chan battle vs. AT&T

Will Chen — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:17:22 +0000

By Will Chen

AT&T is blocking 4chan.org's infamous /b/ message board for many of its customers. We all know 4chan's meme-tastic anonymous army will show AT&T the meaning of pain.

But the revolt doesn't stop there. Several important Internet figures are also sharpening their pitchforks.

XKCD creator Randall Munroe said:

What IP blocks do their corporate offices have? If they're really cutting off my trashy time-wasting web entertainment, I'm cutting off theirs.

Alan Schaaf, creator of the popular social media image sharing website Imgur, is ready to jump in as well:

Let me know if you find out. Imgur is prepared to forward all their images; I hope they like goatse.

Munroe and Schaaf bring a higher level of credibility to this discussion. AT&T will have a tough time dismissing their arguments as the rantings of frustrated 15 year-old gamers living in their parents' basements.

AT&T has effectively pissed off the mob and the net intelligentsia. Good luck folks!

Why do people care so much about 4chan? Consumerist puts it best:

You may find 4chan weird, chaotic, or offensive, but you can't deny that the Internet wouldn't be the same without it. There would be no cat macros. There would be no Rickrolling. There would be no Anonymous protests against the Church of Scientology.

You can get information directly from the 4chan message boards.

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Win Free Wise Bread Books at the LA Frugal Festival

Will Chen — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:19:35 +0000

By Will Chen

If you're in the Los Angeles area, don't forget to check out the Frugal Fe$tival this Sunday from 1-4 p.m. at Woodley Park in Van Nuys. The Frugal Fe$tival is hosted by Julia Scott, a popular LA bargain blogger.

The festival is free and open to the public. Guests can bring coupons to exchange, get free professional financial advice, recycle old electronics, get frugal cooking recipes, exchange books, participate in a free swap meet, and enter our free raffle to win prizes like

3 copies of 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget by Wise Bread
One-hour professional financial consultation with Wealth Pilgrim
A grocery gift basket from the 99 Cent Only Stores
A gift basket worth $100 from the thrift boutique Lucky You Resale
2 – $20 gift cards to Gelson’s, courtesy of BargainBabe.com
2 – $25 gift certificates to the discount ticket seller Goldstar.com
1 copy each of of Free Fun LA and Free Fun OC
2 copies of The Scavengers’ Manifesto
2 copies of the not-yet-released DVD Fabulously Frugal Feasts by Christiane Jory, author of the 99 Cents Only Stores Cookbook.
3 copies of the 99 Cents Only Stores Cookbook
5 gift bags from Starbucks worth approx $20 each
8 copies of Retail Anarchy, a humorous and snarky take on consumer culture
8 copies of Your Mileage May Vary, a DVD about coupon clipping
10 Frugal Fe$tival T-shirts
A Toshiba laptop, courtesy of Savings.com
$100 in cold, hard CASH, courtesy of BargainBabeLA.com!

You can find more details on the Frugal Festival blog at FrugalFestival.Wordpress.com.

Directions to the festival:

The Frugal Fe$tival is located in Woodley Park in Van Nuys, about 1 mile from the Victory Exit off the 405. It is also 1/3 mile walk from the Woodley stop on the Orange Line.

Directions by car: From the 405, exit at Victory Blvd. Drive west on Victory approximately .8 miles to Woodley. Turn LEFT onto Woodley to enter the park. About 1/4 mile down the road turn left into the parking lot. There are two entrances into the parking lot so drive a bit further for the second entrance.

Get directions with a map. Check traffic on Sigalert.

Directions by Metro: Take the Orange Line to Woodley. Walk 1/3 mile south on Woodley, away from Victory Blvd. The festival is on your left. Metro fares start at $1.25 one way. A day pass is $5.

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