When Groupon first came out, my friends and I went really crazy buying Groupons each day. Â Then we ran into a problem. We kept having to rush out to use our Groupons on the day they expired. Â As time went on, we got less and less organized and our Groupons …
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(Don’t) Slap Yo’ Momma Ribs (Same-Day Turn Slow Cooker)
I mentioned to some other travelers that I tend to throw food into the slow cooker when I have a same-day turn, and they were interested in some of my recipes, so I figured I’d try out a series of posts on my favorites to check out the level of …
Read More »Lightsabers Meant for the Pool
When I was little, I was terrified of the bottom of the pool. Â I have no idea why. I was fine swimming underwater even, but when we went to people’s houses with big pools (or went to the neighborhood pool), I was too scared to swim to the bottom. So …
Read More »Why Restaurant Managers Sometimes Lie to You and Why That’s Probably Okay
A regular at a chain restaurant I worked in stopped by to say hi and asked if we had a new chef in the kitchen or something. I thought for a second and let him know I was pretty sure we haven’t had any additions to the kitchen lately. He shook …
Read More »Baby’s First Mileage Run
Greetings, loyal readers of Le Chic Geek! I am Emily of “Taking a Sonic Screwdriver through TSA†fame. Being a travel enthusiast and geek, Jeanne has kindly granted me permission to share some of my experiences here. A little bit about me: I have lived in seven different states and …
Read More »How Emergency Situations Can Lead to People Getting Stranded
My husband is running a conference this weekend and people were traveling from all over the country to go to it. Some from the Northeast. And the Amtrak crash led to the Northeast Corridor trains getting cancelled. Ticket prices quickly jumped up to four-figures. Delta added more flights in between …
Read More »Can You Bring a Lightsaber on Board?
My friend Emily recently took a flight with a sonic screwdriver. She was in route from a Doctor Who conference. And the TSA wanted to confiscate her sonic screwdriver. She had to argue with them for a while about this (eventually asking for a supervisor). Basically explaining that since …
Read More »When Delta Charges for Something Spirit Would Never Charge For
Spirit is known as the carrier with all the fees. Want to bring your bag on-board? That’s $100 at gate. Want us to print your boarding pass? That’ll be $10. Want a water? That’s $1. Need to use the bathroom? …still free. For now. But there’s one thing Spirit won’t …
Read More »Your Next Flight: Powered by Booze
Alaska Air has paired up with Gevo to produce an alcohol-based fuel that can keep a plane in flight, while still being green. According to Forbes: Gevo’s patented ATJ is a clean burning, homegrown, drop-in jet fuel, which has the potential to deliver aviation biofuel at scale and at competitive …
Read More »An Update on Nature Box Subscriptions
I wrote a review of NatureBox a while back, and got a lot of feedback from people that some of the things I disliked had changed by now. I didn’t want a negative review to be the final word on things if their service was actually improving, so I resubscribed …
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