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Upon his return, Gillis’ parents were supportive, but firm: he needed to get a job, and start paying rent. Gillis began as a food-runner in a “four-diamond” restaurant in his hometown, and worked his way up the chain to become a waiter. “I made a lot of money, spent a lot of time with the family, read a lot, tried to figure out things, looked for new inspiration in my life, and honestly I wasn’t that successful because I didn’t have...
Nobody wants to drag the entire nursery through the airport, but experienced family travelers say it's better to overpack than do without. Two increasingly popular options: rent a crib, a booster seat and whatever else is needed via websites like babysaway.com or arrange for a company like JetSetBabies to ship diapers, baby food and formula to your destination...
Nearly a decade ago, my parents came back from a trip with the music to the musical “Rent.” I was hooked. I quickly memorized the lyrics, the plot, the little quips between songs. When my parents came to Cambridge last week for Thanksgiving, we saw the new “Rent” movie, and I loved it. I’m not gonna lie: I blubbered for most of the film. I fell for every cheesy line and every truly beautiful song. There’s just one problem: much of the film?...
...lost trying to find her way around her new hometown, and Nathaniel likes to gripe about how no one in Houston seems to play dominoes or go fishing. It helps that Carmelita, Nathaniel and Jennifer have moved into a fully furnished and--thanks to a city housing voucher--temporarily rent-free apartment and have qualified for emergency food stamps; Natrena and her two boys have done the same. Nathaniel, a food loader for Southwest Airlines, has continued to be paid as his family gets settled. The catch is that after Thanksgiving, when he starts work again, it will...
...call spectacular. She works at a red stucco, French Quarter--themed Doubletree Inn in the suburbs of Atlanta, cleaning rooms for $7.15 an hour. But Brown, 27, isn't complaining. She doesn't get health insurance, but her employers are supportive. And she makes enough to afford the $595 rent for the ground floor of a duplex she found to share with her daughters Vivian, 13, and Angeline, 9, on a cul-de-sac off a quiet, wooded street in Marietta, Ga. "It's just us," Brown contentedly told TIME two weeks ago. "We're like the three bears here...