Le Chic Geek

We can’t wait to see all of you tomorrow!  We’re meeting from 6-9pm just a few steps from the Clarendon stop of the Orange Line.  Hope to see you 🙂 In addition to seeing your fine faces, I’m looking forward to the bao. mmm….   Register below! —– Love to …

I just returned from Madrid, but I still can’t stop thinking about the meal I had before I left for Spain in DC at Joselito. I’ve been to a few Spanish restaurants in DC but most of them have felt like the theme-park version of Spanish cuisine.  (I’m very specifically thinking …

A reminder that the next DC travel-meet up is next week!  I can’t wait to see all of you.  And you’ll have a chance to say a belated happy birthday to the PizzaMan himself. —– Love to travel? Live in the greater-DC/NoVA area? Come to our (free) travel meetup! Meet …

I’m currently using this travel adapter to write this blog post!  For the next ~5.5 hours (from the time of publication), you can get a highly-rated travel adapter with fast charging and USB ports for $11.99 (I paid $17 for mine). PORS-ELA International Travel Power Adapter with 2.4A Dual USB Charger & …

Love to travel? Live in the greater-DC/NoVA area? Come to our (free) travel meetup! Meet up with two of Boarding Area’s bloggers–Le Chic Geek aka Jeanne, and Pizza in Motion aka Ed. Our next DC meetup will be in Clarendon on August 22nd from 6-9 pm. You can register for …

Attendees to Comic-Con found they were not allowed to check their comic books in their baggage after Comic-Con this year.  United blamed TSA, though I noted it was strange that only United passengers were tweeting about this problem. TSA has finally commented on the issue to say, “it wasn’t us.” …

San Diego Comic-Con has become so much more than just a comic book convention. But comic books remain the heart and soul of Comic-Con. In addition to attendees being there to buy comic books, vendors flock to Comic-Con to sell their comic books as well. That’s why participants in Comic-Con …

Amazon has 30 different gift cards at a discount.  Most of them are $40 for $50 in value.  There’s also a $100 gift card available for Uber, though they have not announced the discount yet. You can find the entire listing of gift cards here (scroll down). Edit: I noticed …

There’s a great fare to Oslo, Norway on Finnair from New York to Oslo for only $363. The fare goes from October of this year through March of next year. As always, the Flight Deal has the details. I subscribe to the Flight Deals tweets and check them pretty often. …

Last second flights are on sale on JetBlue through tonight, so act quickly if you are interested. Flights are (not surprisingly) short hops, but you also get longer flights for relatively cheap. This sale is on very specific dates and contains mostly last-second flights. As always, the Flight Deal has …