Everyone check your mailboxes! Â About a few days before my birthday, I received a $50 check from my grandmother. Â I did not have to fill out any offers or sign-up on her website. Â It just appeared in my mailbox one day. Talk about the-easiest-offer-ever. Just a warning though–this offer appears …
Read More »Second Subscription Lingerie Box is a Bust
A few days back, I reviewed a subscription Lingerie Box called Adore Me. Â I was pleasantly surprised at the quality and value I got out of the first month of the subscription, and IÂ loved the style I received. I also decided to try another box called “Wantable”. Â Wantable is a …
Read More »Up close and Personal with the R2-D2 DreamLiner Plane
The R2D2 Plane When I heard that real_jetstr was going to be on the inagural R2-D2 astromech ANA flight, I just had to get the scoop from him. Â Luckily, he agreed to share his trip’s experience with Le Chic Geek. Â And here it is in all it’s glory! —————————- There …
Read More »Why You Shoulder Consider Having a Teal Pumpkin This Halloween
Hello, I wanted to share some information about FARE’s Teal Pumpkin Projectâ„¢ – a wonderful campaign that I support and I hope you will too! The Teal Pumpkin Projectâ„¢ raises awareness of food allergies and promotes a safer, happier Halloween by encouraging households to make non-food treats available so that …
Read More »There’s a Subscription Box for Everything, Including Lingerie
I was scrolling through Instragram and looking at “unboxing” photos of subscription boxes, when I saw a new trend.  Subscription boxes for lingerie. Maybe because it was so different.  Maybe it was the glass of wine.  Maybe it was the second glass of wine, or the third.  But I had to …
Read More »How I Save My Poor Feet from Too Much Travel
Okay, okay, I know feet aren’t everyone’s favorite travel topic.  Especially with all the bare feet that suddenly appear on airplanes. But while feet can be a sore subject, sometimes they are literally just plain sore from all that travel. From all the running around the airport and from carrying heavier …
Read More »Bow-Tie Wielding Duck Walks into a Bar; Gets into Brawl
As a bartender, sometimes you can tell by the way someone walks into your bar that they are going to start trouble. Â A little too drunk and a little too hopped up on something. Â And when that person runs into someone else in the same state, well, their worlds collide …
Read More »What It’s Like to Order Food in Sicily as an American
Going to Catania in Sicily was an experience. More so than I thought it would be. Partially because when I ordered food in the restaurants, I didn’t really get everything I ordered. Â I got what the owner of the restaurant wanted me to try. Fair enough. Because of this, I …
Read More »How Rental Car Companies Try to Charge You for Free Upgrades You Already Got
I rent cars pretty often and I usually rent the smallest size possible. They are the cheapest, I tend to pack light, and hey–small cars are easier to parallel park. Of course, when the rental car companies want to upgrade me to a muscle car, who am I to say …
Read More »Markets in Everything: Getting Leaves Shipped from New England
Can’t fit traveling to New England to see the fall foliage into your travel calendar? No worries–for $19.99, ShipFoliage.com will send autumn to you.  Well, some leaves at least. According to Time.com: It’s gimmicky, of course, but maybe not quite as much as you’d think. According to the website, the …
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