Andrea Bennett
Andrea Bennett is a contributing editor for Travel + Leisure, and a frequent contributor to Town & Country, Southern Living, The New York Post, Islands, Men's Journal, Business Traveler and T: The New York Times Style Magazine. The former "Takeoffs + Landings" writer for The Wall Street Journal, she began her career as a staff reporter at Money after serving as in-house writer for Lehman Brothers.
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Blog /// The Germaphobe’s Dilemma
September 3, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
A couple of months ago, I put my 14-month-old daughter in part-time daycare. Although I work from home, coordinating my job around her erratic nap schedule, her love of electrical cords, and her increasing desire to ride our long-suffering dog around the house was getting too distracting. -
Resources /// Security Matters
August 26, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
As a renter, you have a right to expect that your landlord provides reasonably safe housing. And naturally, you should expect that local law enforcement will do its part. But there are things you can do, too, to secure your rental apartment or house. -
Resources /// Before You Move
August 26, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
Before you rent a new place, it’s smart to do some advance work to head off any potential problems at the pass. Has your landlord done everything he or she can to secure the building? Does your building or neighborhood have a history of burglaries or violent crime? Here are three critical things to check on before you move in. -
Resources /// When Disaster Strikes
August 26, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
Do you know how you’d react in the event of a burglary? Maybe you’ve been through it before and wish you’d done things differently, or you have no idea how you’d react given the shock. That’s why you should arm yourself with a disaster checklist. -
Resources /// How To Do a Property Inventory
August 26, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
Close your eyes and make a mental list of the things in your home. Television, furniture, clothes, computer equipment, and more. Now, close your eyes again and imagine this scenario. You’ve just come home to the scene of a burglary, and not only do you need to make that mental inventory, you need to recall the price you paid for the computer equipment, the store where you bought the furniture, the value of the clothes, the exact model of the TV. Stressed yet?Tags: property
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Blog /// Up for Debate: Facebook Places
August 25, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
Where are you now? If you’re a Facebook user, that question became a little easier for the 499,999 million other users to answer last week—and kicked off yet another set of concerns among privacy advocates.Tags: facebook, privacy, social networking
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Blog /// Reading List: “Cognitive Surplus”
August 25, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
Author Clay Shirky, a professor in the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU, has written a book that should provide a vote of confidence to those who fear that technology is making us dumber and more insular. In “Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age,” he proposes treating the free time of the world’s educated people as an aggregate, a “cognitive surplus.”Tags: community, charity, cell phones, computers
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Blog /// Celebrity Justice
August 19, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
Stories of famous people going to jail are some of America’s favorites, and it’s no surprise. Serving jail time means they really are just like us—or worse. Likewise, nothing sparks quite as much outrage as when a celebrity doesn’t get disciplined as America thinks they should.Tags: law, prison, celebrities
