Le Chic Geek

Admit it.  You’ve never wondered this before.  But now you kind of do.  Believe it or not, the United States has some of the tallest air traffic control towers in the world–but the USA does not ultimately come out on top. The winner? Bangkok. Air traffic control towers are tall. …

Last week, I told you how to get free club access to a lot of the Las Vegas clubs.  Following that post (and following the one written a few years back), I’ve received a lot of questions about proper etiquette and what to expect. While I can speak to my …

I love technology.  I’ve been a huge fan of watching the videos of Broadway shows.  My favorite so far has been Legally Blonde because it immortalized Laura Bell Bundy as Elle Woods (and gave me something to watch when the show closed). But those were planned recordings that were edited after …

For work, I’ve gone to Hawaii and Las Vegas and Tampa and Austin and… well, a lot of places.  I’m lucky to get to see so many places for “free”. But the Short Final tweeted this article at me on his own business travel at me.  And it is oh …

Bruce Campbell lives in a retired 727 located in the forests outside Portland, Oregon. No, really. In the category of THINGS THAT ARE AWESOME, Bruce Campbell decided to move into a Boeing 727, rather than build a traditional home. I originally found him on YouTube, but he has a website …

If you are having a bad day, you need to watch this video.  Heck, if you are having a good day, you need to watch this. A t-rex made it through most of the qualifying course for American Ninja Warrior and proved if he had just made it past the obstacle he …

If you were only spending five nights in the Auckland area, what would you prioritize?  Would you stay in the city the whole time, or would you venture out?  Is it worth heading out to Waiheke Island for a couple of the days? I ask because–surprise, surprise–I’m headed to Auckland …

Sometimes, booking giant trip itineraries gets so complicated, you miss out on the little details.  Such as buying tickets for the wrong day. Yes, it can happen to the best of us! It happened to Ed/Pizza, and I count him among “the best of us”.  But not only did he …

I woke up to a headline on Airline Gossip’s Twitter feed immediately made me think of Archer. According to the Mirror, a man stormed the cockpit because he wanted to fly the plane: Just five minutes after take-off, however, the passenger reportedly began throwing money up into the air and …

Paul Richardson took over 300,000 photos around Europe over the last two years and pieces them together to make this cool two minute time-lapse video of Europe. According to him, he put in 1,000 hours of work (or 7 hours per second) into this video. The music is a little …