Le Chic Geek

There are two major plot twists in the Allegiant Air case. As a reminder, the flight took off late from Vegas on Monday, July 27th and proceeded to fly to Fargo, despite the airport being closed. When asked to circle until they cleared the runway, the pilot said he had …

While my husband and I were still dating, I took a work trip to New Orleans–his previous home. Since he’s a New Orleans expert, I asked if he wanted to come along to also show me around. While en-route to my final destination, my aunt–whom I was close to–passed away. …

I’ve stayed at Club Carlson properties a bunch in the past.  I even got married in one (The New Rochelle Radisson). And I tend to stay at their Country Inn & Suites when staying around the general Virginia area.  And I usually stay half on points, half paying cash. Recently, …

The FAA has announced an investigation into the Allegiant Air flight that had to declare an emergency landing at an airport that was currently closed. I had a lot of questions about this because something wasn’t adding up.  Readers had a lot of questions in the comments and on Twitter …

I am a huge fan of electric toothbrushes.  Maybe I lack the motivation, but I can never get my teeth feeling as clean as they do with an electric toothbrush when I use a plain ole one. But the problem with electric toothbrushes is that they are hard to travel …

On a flight to Vegas, I was sitting in the exit row of a flight with two men from Canada on their way to a convention. We got to talking and ordered drinks while we did this.  I was ordering wine one at a time.  They were ordering doubles of …

Traveling can make you feel icky and uncomfortable, especially when you are packed in too close together on a really warm flight. Part of what feels great in first class is getting to refresh with a hot towel.  But there’s a way to do that in coach too. I bring …

Flight delays happen pretty often in travel.  When I’m flying on a late night flight to Reagan, I’m hoping the delays don’t push us past the airport closing because then we divert to Dulles–which is bit more difficult to get out of (and I used to live right by Reagan …

If you’ve been in an Alaska Air lounge before, you know the magic that is made-to-order pancakes. It’s like magic. Holiday Inn Express, and it’s apparent spokesperson for late-night munchies, Rob Riggle, are hawking the pancakes, avaliable through the end of August. From their Facebook page: Pancakes at Night! Every night, …

Vegas has a monorail that’s automated.  That part is really cool But the monorail in Vegas is probably the worst way to get around. The monorail is positioned behind the hotels.  So you have to walk through the entire casino to get to the monorail.  When you are at the …