Booking tables at Disney restaurants well ahead of your trip is often essential to a smooth visit to Disneyland or Walt Disney World. After all, it's hard to eat dinner in Cinderella Castle or sip a mint julep at Blue Bayou without doing a bit of advance planning. But thanks to recent updates to both the Disney World and Disneyland apps and websites, it just got easier to make Disney dining reservations at all the parks.

For college students, one of the most vital school supplies is a good laptop. College is tough without the ability to check for professor emails, type up term papers and do online research, so it’s important to keep those laptops safe and in good working condition. Enter the laptop backpack — a carry-all designed to protect precious laptops from drops, spills and other hazards.

As college students return to the classrooms, one of the best back-to-school investments is a good laptop backpack, so we’ve rounded up 8 of the best ones to keep your kid’s laptop safe.

The San Francisco brewery scene is thriving with more than 30 craft breweries in the city, despite recent news about Anchor Brewing Company closing its doors.

Gail Ann Williams, a freelance beer writer and co-founder of beer and transit resource BeerByBART.com, says in some ways breweries in San Francisco are just beginning to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. As was the case when veteran San Francisco beer-makers Cameron McDonald and Jesse Hayter announced plans to resurrect Enterprise Brewing Co. in SF's SoMa district.

Ask any parent and they’ll tell you: It’s much easier to shop for younger kids than teenagers. At back-to-school time, parents of high schoolers face the unique challenge of buying school supplies, clothing, shoes,and other necessities that their teens think are cool, or at the very least are not embarrassing.

Choosing the best backpack for high school students can be tricky. Bigger kids need more space for necessities like textbooks, tablets and laptops. And, since their school necessities are heavier than those of elementary-aged kids, they need backpacks that ease the strain on their backs. At the same time, a high schooler’s backpack needs to be stylish enough to keep them sure their peers will approve. It’s a lot.

While warehouse clubs like Costco and Sam’s Club have existed for years, still many are new to shopping in the stores, which are known for selling items discounted in bulk and having incredibly-affordable food courts in addition to offering exclusive discounts to members.

Sam’s Club was started by Walmart founder Sam Walton in 1983. In addition to more than 600 locations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, Sam’s Club has international locations in Brazil, China, and Mexico. Costco began as Price Club in 1976, and today has more than 800 locations worldwide. Both warehouse clubs require a membership to shop there.

There are more than 800 Costco locations worldwide, and like Peloton riders or Disney fans, if someone is a member of the warehouse club, they’ll tell you all about it. Why? Costco is known for everything from its exclusive Kirkland brand of products to its food court, where guests can snag a quarter-pound beef hot dog and a soda for just $1.50.

The company first opened in 1976 as Price Club, a warehouse club for businesses. In the early '80s, the first Costco opened in Seattle, Washington, and by 1993, the two had merged into one mega-store. What makes Costco different from a grocery store, in addition to the savings it offers to those who buy in bulk, is its highly-selective stock: Where grocery stores can carry 30,000 different items, for example, Costco only sells about 4,000 products at a given time. Costco believes this helps it provide the best quality and value possible to its members.

Most people know that taking a trip to Disneyland requires a bit of planning ahead. There are dining reservations to make, parade and show times to research and character meet-and-greets to map out — not to mention the decision of whether or not to opt for Disney Genie Plus to ostensibly remove some of that planning fatigue (at a cost, of course). But one of the decisions Disneyland guests are faced with from the moment they decide to buy passes is whether or not Disneyland Park Hopper tickets are worth it.