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

FARE SALE: Fly to Hawaii from the East Coast for ~$550

Diamond Head by the water

Right now, you can fly to Honolulu, Hawaii from Washington, DC for only $550.  This fare is on Delta, who will hopefully have their act together by whenever you book your flight for.  (Just kidding, they will.  I hope.) Usually, fares this cheap require a long stay or weird routing. …

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Police Give Out Free Ice Cream Cones, No Traffic Stop Needed

a group of cups of ice cream

Last week, I wrote about how it isn’t always legal for police to pull over someone to reward them–even if they are rewarding them with ice cream! Police in Arlington, VA today decided to spread goodwill with ice cream too.  But in this case, no traffic stops were needed. According …

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Monkey Gets Loose in the Cabin of a Frontier Flight

a baby monkey with its mouth open

This is bananas.  A monkey got loose on a Las Vegas-bound flight yesterday. No, it wasn’t Miles the Monkey. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal: It’s unclear what type of monkey it was, but Nunnery said the monkey was an emotional support animal, adding that “the passenger had all the …

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Train Derails, Hitting Restaurant Named “DeRailed”

a train tracks in a desert

A train derailed going into Charles City, Iowa, hitting–yes this is true–a bar named DeRailed. First we had a Mercedes parking on a Ferrari. Then we had a tank driving over a Mercedes. Now we have this. According to KCCI8 (a CBS affiliate): Police say a freight train car that …

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