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Fly away: If you’re looking for some low-cost, no-frills, last-minute airfare deals, then this blog is your utterly-devoid-of-frills destination. Airfare Deals from Montreal is just links to cheap flights, which generally have to be purchased within a few days of posting. Perfect if you have a few days when you know you want to get away, but you’re flexible as to where and why. Recent bargain destinations include Halifax, Beijing, Tel Aviv and Mexico City at www.airplusplus.com/montreal/.

Rebagged: Freitag is a Swiss maker of messenger bags that are made out of recycled materials like seat belts, airbags and the tough, weatherproof printed tarps that adorn the cargo boxes of Euro-trucks. But what if you wanted to create one that just screams YOU (as much as a bunch of random pieces of truck-wrapping can)? The Freitag Bag Cutter lets you select which bits of tarp will go into making your bag. Choose from what’s in stock and your Earth-friendly tote will be made to measure at www.freitag.ch/f-cut/idle.html.

by Michael Citrome

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