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

Great Deal on Power Station for Hotel Rooms

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Reader Emily G. passes on this deal she found on Amazon.com: It expands the number of outlets you have in a hotel room, plus allows you to plug USBs directly in. The kicker though? It has holders that pop out you can stick your cell phones in rather than (what …

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Woman Discovers Two-Way Mirror in Toilet

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Here’s something I’ve never been paranoid about before, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stop being paranoid about again. Comedian “Tamale Rocks” is a cautious traveler.  When she saw there was a full-length mirror directly facing the toilet in one of the venues she traveled to, she …

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What’s the Deal Lately with Boarding Early?

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One of the greatest benefits of being an elite is getting to board early and getting access to the overhead bin space. Pizza in Motion wrote a great post on why flights boarding early is not a good thing overall.  He was seated near a poor guy who paid extra …

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Great Mexican Food Right By the DFW Airport

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During the Frequent Traveler University, Tiff and I decided to give up on hotel food one night and go out for some food with our husbands. We checked out Mi Dia, which is about a mile from the airport. When we entered, we saw people getting table side guacamole and …

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This App Will Automatically Track Your Travels For You

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I used to track my travels on FourSquare and lamented the changes that basically made it useless. But there’s a new app out there called Polarsteps that will automatically track your travel routes–even without internet or GPS access.   It’ll connect your travel to your photos and build out a …

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Your Airplane! Quoting May Be Limited in the Future

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I have some sad news to report--Netflix is planning on removing Airplane! from its list of avaliabile movies as of May 1st.  Leaving Netflix? What is it?! It’s a movie rental system that’s half-digital half-by-mail but that’s not important. Fear not though!  We at Le Chic Geek have some options …

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Geek Priest’s Analysis of the Star Wars Trailer

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Earlier, I posted a video of a priest reacting to seeing the Star Wars trailer for the first time. He also posted a video (after he watched the trailer “a hundred times) dissecting the trailer, the meaning, and hidden messages. He actually did a pretty darn good job.  (I feel …

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