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(CNN) -- You think of yourself as a reasonably hip, attractive person. You wear the latest styles and present your best side to the world. But then you open your passport and there it is on Page 2: A blast from the past staring back at you.Maybe you were just recovering from a tragic haircut when that fateful picture was taken. Perhaps you were at the height of your facial hair experiment phase. Maybe the Goth look seemed like the coolest thing ever at the time.Now, it's an image that makes your friends giggle. Worse, you fear it could force Border Patrol agents to do a double-take at the airport when they see the real you."I feel like if I go through customs, they're maybe going to look at me and be like, 'Are we sure this is the same person?' Because I do look drastically different," said iReporter Brian Wilson, a student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. [Read the full article] (Coastal Living) -- It's Coastal Living's annual guide to the top eateries where food is fried, broiled, grilled or otherwise slapped on butcher paper for your finger-licking, crab-cracking, French fry-munching pleasure. This year, winners (and finalists) were chosen by readers.You'll love the all-ages appeal of this sandy, tropical paradise operated by Lucy Buffett, singer Jimmy's sister. The Southern-style menu includes fried green tomatoes and a variety of seafood dishes, and musicians entertain every day; 251/967- 5858 or lulusathomeport.com.Tasty Contenders Doc's Seafood Shack & Oyster Bar, Orange Beach -- This is where the locals go. Readers adore the fresh oysters and make-your-own cocktail sauce; 251/981-6999.Bayley's Seafood Restaurant, Theodore -- In this metal-roofed brick building, they're turning out great fried seafood and their signature West Indies salad (crabmeat with oil, vinegar and chopped onion) invented here in 1947; 251/973-1572. [Read the full article] Editor's note: Brett Snyder writes a weekly CNN.com travel column. Snyder is the founder of air travel assistance site Cranky Concierge, and he writes the consumer air travel blog The Cranky Flier.(CNN) -- Each week, I offer my thoughts on air travel, but I thought we'd do it differently this time. Let's flip things around and see what road warriors have to say.I asked frequent travelers to give me their single best tip for less savvy travelers. I wasn't looking for the usual "buy tickets on a Tuesday" stuff (that I don't really believe anyway). I'm talking about the little things that can make life just that much better while traveling.And many of the responses I received did, in fact, involve the little things. Paul Blevins, a United frequent flier out of Tampa, Florida, said, "Don't wear laced shoes."If you've done the security dance at an airport, you know why this is. [Read the full article] 
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