Introduction I had never heard of this place until Chef Nakazawa told us that he was visiting his friend who works at Minamoto in Seattle. When we got back, ironic enough, a friend from NY was visiting, so we decided to take them to Minamoto. First off, Minamoto is in Bellevue and not Seattle. It’s […]
Introduction I had reserved the Tesla Model 3 over 16 months ago. Ever since Tesla’s event a few weeks ago, I’ve been going back and forth on the car. The base price will be $35,000 for the 220 mile range or an extra $10K for the 310 mile range car. You’ll have to pay an […]
Introduction A long-time reader sent me an email the other day and told me he was just shut down from Chase. He gave me permission to post his story so we can all learn from it: Hi, Vinh! I’ve been a fan of your blog and I have read your shutdown stories, but never expected […]
Discover Miles – Almost immediate approval As I was typing up yesterday’s BoA post, I had forgotten I wasn’t banned from Discover yet and so I decided to get a Miles card. This will be my second go-around with this card; I had cancelled the first one over a year ago. Also note that I […]
Introduction My AOR’s these days are very limited due to being banned from most banks, so the pool to choose from is pretty small. I can’t do USB, Chase, Cap1, or Barclays, so I’m mainly left with AMEX, Citi, and BoA as the major ones to choose from. I skipped on AMEX since I got […]