Le Chic Geek

I wanted to share a great restaurant in DC–Dino in Cleveland Park, off the Red Line. Washington, DC has great restaurants, but I’ve always had trouble finding a good Italian Restaurant in DC.  About four years back, I had the opportunity to try Dino’s. I’ve been hooked ever since! Dino’s …

From Space.com and the files of “you have to see it to believe it,” –the sun appears to be eating an airplane. This incredible image was taken by photographer Phillip Calais, snapping a picture of a solar eclipse. “Getting the aircraft in was purely a chance shot, nothing more,” Calais …

One of the benefits of the Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa Card is secondary insurance that covers damage to your rental vehicle.  Instead of paying upwards of $30 a day, the Chase Sapphire can cover damage to your rental car. This option hasn’t gotten a ton of love, mostly because it …

Here are some great contests going on now that you should enter! Win a Las Vegas Vacation from Hyatt and MGM from Hack My Trip Then Go Enter to Win a Las Vegas Vacation from Hyatt and MGM from View from the Wing THEN go Enter to Win a Las …

  Enter your Email: Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz On September 1st, 2013, we will randomly draw one current member of the newsletter list to receive a $100 Gift Card to Amazon.com. All current subscribers will be considered on that date, so you do not need to sign up again …

I promised I would let you know if there were any updates on what sort of credit you can get when you sign-up for rent the runway, and readers are reporting getting $25 credit for immediate use upon sign up through my link.  I have no idea why, but it …

If you’ve read this post already, please see the exciting update at the bottom! Here’s a major confession I’ve never revealed on this blog before… I don’t own every dress I wear to events.  I’ve been renting the runway. There are some I wish I did own, but they are …

Hack My Trick has a really cool infograph up right now detailing Hyatt’s partnership with MLife–the owner of many hotels in Vegas. Basically, elite status for Hyatt becomes elite status for MLife in Vegas and vice versa. The great thing about this is it makes elite status in Vegas really …

Congrats to Tiff on her instant approval for her Chase Ink Bold! But now this is going to cause some tension the next time we go out.  Whose card do we use?  Tiff will need to hit minimum spend, but I get 2 points per dollar on restaurant spend. Laughing …

Last year, I was in search of a new wine rack.  The first result Amazon.com gave me was surprising: So, of course, I tweeted it.  Which, of course, got me my only mention on an esteemed Duke University Professor’s blog.  (What can I say?  I’m classy). Something reminded me of …