Le Chic Geek
Mario, of Nintendo fame, is celebrating his 30th birthday. Wait, since I played Super Mario Brothers as I kid this would mean I’m–let’s forget about the age thing. But Nintendo has released a fun website celebrating Mario’s birthday milestone. If you go to the history tab, there are cute highlights …
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June, 2015
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1 June
TSA Let Weapons Through Security in 19 out of 20 Times in Tests
Aka the TSA let 95% of weapons through security during tests.  Sorry, percentages seem to break things on WordPress. According to an ABC exclusive: An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation’s busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock …
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1 June
How Points Made a Last Minute Lunch Date in Another State Possible
I’m a impulsive flexible person.  So as long as I have nothing else planned, I’m up for almost anything last second. For reasons too complicated to go into, lunch plans I had tentatively been  making with my mother and sister suddenly had to happen right away or never at all.  In …
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May, 2015
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31 May
Embracing the Wearing-Yoga-Pants-While-Traveling Trend
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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30 May
Google’s New Photo App Makes Organizing Travel Pics So Much Easier
I’ve been a fan of what Google Plus photos has done in the past (previously confusingly called Google Photos in app version–which is a totally different product). It has created literal road maps of where I’ve gone and taken photos. Â It has also smartly figured out when my trips have …
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29 May
Could Cities Become Powered by Tourists?
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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28 May
One Way US Airways First Class Meals Still Haven’t Aligned with American
Before a trip, Emily (primarily an American flyer) asked me to request her a vegan meal. The only problem is, you still can’t do that on US Airways domestic first class flights even though you can on some American flights. According to the website: How to order a special meal …
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27 May
Hot Topic to Purchase ThinkGeek
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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26 May
Tips from Tiff: Things to Look for When Making Your Own Flight Arrangements
When we travel there is no “one way†we always do things. We take cruises, we take land tours. We book excursions, we go on our own. The one thing we almost never pay for is a third party to make our flight arrangements for us. It has always been …
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26 May
Eiffel Tower Staff Strikes Over Lack of Effort to Control Pickpockets
I’ve written before about the pickpocket networks in Paris and it turns out tourists aren’t the only ones upset about the abundance of them. Here’s a guide to avoiding the pickpockets in Paris. I’m from New York City and while we have a lot of petty larceny, it isn’t quite …
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