OUR DIGITAL EDITIONS
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Costco Connection digital editions.
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CONTENTS
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SPECIAL SECTION
For your
home
Cover Bruce Springsteen’s book
5 Ghostbusters
37 Bruce Springsteen’s book
41 Contigo
49 Setting a table
65 Pet massage
85 X-Men: Apocalypse
87 Educational toys
89 Halloween eye safety
106 Pumpkin pies
DEPARTMENTS
7 Front End
By Sandy Torrey and Tim Talevich
11 Member Comments
Letters from our readers
15 Fresh Views
Small-business tips from experts
17 Consumer Connection
By Amanda and David Horowitz
19 Financial Connection
By Suze Orman
23 Tech Connection
By Marc Saltzman
25 Travel Connection
By Peter Greenberg
28 Informed Debate
Is the Textalyzer a good way to
prevent texting while driving?
71 For Your Health
Medicare tips + Basal cell carcinoma
77 Arts & Entertainment
Book buyers’ picks
+ DVD picks (page 85)
122 Member Connection
Every Costco member has a story.
Look for recipes and serving ideas for
the season’s fresh bounty in our advertising
section (following page 52).
INSIDE COSTCO
95 Costco Services: Intermedia
Intermedia’s cloud-based services
help combat outages and downtime.
By Steve Fisher
99 Costco Services Update
103 Pharmacy Update
106 Buying Smart: Pumpkin pie
Every year, millions of members
purchase millions of pies. Here’s how
the pumpkin gets from patch to plate.
By Hana Medina
111 Paradise Island
Atlantis, Paradise Island, is a Bahama
getaway like no other.
By T. Foster Jones
112 What’s New
117 Hearing aids
Costco’s new Kirkland Signature
Premium Hearing Aids 7.0 offer the
latest in digital technology.
By Steve Fisher
121 Special Events
121 Focus On:
Costco Photo Center holiday cards
Give your holiday cards a high-quality
custom touch.
By Christina Guerrero
41 Supplier Profile: Contigo
It’s amazing how much
thought and technology goes
into the creation of a
portable water bottle.
By Hana Medina
43 Buyers’ picks
NutriBullet Prime, Kirkland
Signature™ coffee pods and
a memory-foam
mattress topper.
45 KitchenAid
The classic KitchenAid mixer is
capable of a surprising variety
of different uses.
By Mandy Ellis
49 Setting your table
Fork goes ... where? Some basics for
table-setting etiquette.
By Jennifer Adams
Setting your table 49
DVD picks 85
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