Jeanne Marie Hoffman

Former bartender, still a geek. One equal part each cookies, liberty, football, music, travel, libations. Stir vigorously. +Jeanne Marie Hoffman Jeanne on Twitter

Embracing the Wearing-Yoga-Pants-While-Traveling Trend

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Betabrand, inventor of the controversial work-yoga-pants, has developed a pair of yoga pants intended for travel. Betabrand’s whole shtick is that it creates yoga pants that look more like dress pants.  The public disagrees over whether or not it accomplishes “looking like real pants,” but it at least looks like …

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Could Cities Become Powered by Tourists?

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No, this isn’t some real-life Matrix meets Soylent Green dystopian match up. Pavegen–a company with a Soylent Green-esque name–has developed a type of flooring that generates electricity from people walking on top of it. They have received a lot of press lately because they are crowd sourcing funding to develop …

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Hot Topic to Purchase ThinkGeek

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Here’s where my “rebellious” years of high school meet my present geeky self.  Hot Topic is purchasing ThinkGeek. I’ve gone from using Manic Panic to Manically Panicking over this acquisition.   According to the Verve: ThinkGeek is pretty well known for its wide variety of kitschy, pop-culture focused offerings — …

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Jamaica is Neither Domestic Nor International. Discuss.

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US Airways has long considered Jamaica (and other Caribbean Islands) to be domestic flights.  While this prevents free lounge access for first class and other perks, it allowed the biggest perk of all (in my opinion)–unlimited upgrades to the Caribbean for elites. Even Silvers (RIP US Airways’ nomenclatures) could almost …

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The Classy Way to Wear Your Sharknado

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Well, I finally figured out how to go as a Sharknado for Halloween. Sharknado, meet… Sharkini.   Take a Baywatch-style jog on the beach to give the “flying through the air in a tornado effect” to your bathingsuit. With teeth that say “great white” but a sheen that says “hammer …

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Huge Sale on Kindle Books on Amazon

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I just wanted to quickly point out that Amazon has a great sale on Kindle books today. I just got Water for Elephants for $1.99 in the sale! Among the other ones I bought: The Valley of Amazement This One is Mine <-  by the author of the amazing book, …

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