Le Chic Geek

On occasion, I’ve been known to drink wine.  I belong to a bunch of winery clubs which keeps my high-end collection pretty stocked.  Wine in the 10-20 area can be a huge risk so I wanted to find a better way to discover wines. Thanks to a partnership with HelloFresh, …

The Pack ‘n’ Play products recommended by Tiff in a previous post are Amazon’s Deal of the Day. Click here to see the whole listing. For example, the Graco TotBloc Pack ‘n Play Portable Playard is marked down by 40%. There are also really deluxe ones that have changing pads and …

Cracked released an article on 5 Things You Learn About Rich People by Working at a Nice Hotel a few weeks ago. These “secrets of hotels” type articles bother me a bit because I assume celebrities and rich people go to nice hotels to have a certain degree of privacy from the staff. …

The first Hyatt All-Inclusive, the Ziva in Los Cabos was badly damaged by Hurricane Odile, a category 3. I got an ad on twitter for the Hyatt Ziva brand, hit the hashtag for it, and was shocked to see the extent of damage and the number of people desperately trying to …

Disney has come out with RFID bands that would enable the Disney staff to know your child’s name as they wander around the park. From Time’s article on their wristbands : The MyMagic+ system is designed to track users’ purchasing habits, and if parents agree to certain settings, employees playing characters in …

I’m really good at collecting postcards.  No, not intentionally.  I see postcards I think would be really great for someone and I…. never send them. I have a Chihuly postcard my sister would love.  That’s why I bought it for her.  But it is currently sitting on my dresser and has …

As someone who is currently planning a trip to Scotland, I started wondering how Scottish Independence would affect travel.  Here are some bits of information I came across. From the Daily Mail: 4. Will Scotland be allowed into the EU? No one knows. Alex Salmond points to EU leaders accepting that …

If I ever have a medical emergency, I hope the plane is packed with fire fighters!  (Hopefully on their way to a bachelor party, not on their way home from one). A groom-to-be and his fellow firefighting buddies saved a man’s life when he started having major cardiac issues in-flight. From …

On the Twittersphere, we’ve been discussing the news that Spirit Airlines has come up with a new paint job. Here’s all the information on Today in the Sky plus a cool video of them spraying the planes. But when GhettoIFE started discussing this with us on Twitter, we came up …

The complementary wine option at most Hyatts in the US is the Canvas brand wines.  I’ve written in the past about how they are actually good, and I usually get them when I stay in a Hyatt.  (Though I feel bad when I’m solo and don’t finish the bottle!) Each …