Category: travel
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Hotel Crashing: The Parker Palm Springs
The staff over at ThePoeLog have been overworked and undercompensated (not sure how) but I, the infamous XFE, have decided to pitch in and lend a hand with this guest post. Not sure why, but since I had something to share, I am. I must state up front that I did pay for my stay…
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Friday Linkage: Big Cats Find Love on Metro
Want to get even closer to the sweaty intern swaying next to you on the packed Blue line this summer? Now there’s a dating website for DC metro riders. Giving new meaning to “weekend track work.” (I have no idea what I was insinuating there. Doesn’t really work, does it? Look! Something shiny!) Speaking of…
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I’m Going to Recommend You Not Swat At That TNT-Coated Bee
Bees are crazy interesting creatures. For example, did you know a honey bee can fly for up to six miles and as fast as 15 miles per hour. And to make one pound of honey, a bee would have to fly around 90,000 miles, which comes out to about 3 times around the globe, and,…
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Hotel Crashing: Two Starwood/Libertador Hotels in Peru
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it on the blog before, but I sometimes have trouble sleeping. (I know I’ve told it in person to every person who’s crossed my path. And everyone on Facebook and Twitter. And in the comments section of a couple of other blogs). Anyway, it’s actually a fairly frustrating form…
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San Sebastian Revisited (Six Months Later)
I have a weird blogging habit – I hate to put up my last post from a particular vacation. I guess subconsciously I feel like it’s the last time I’ll savor a place. That writing that last post means that vacation is truly ended and in the books and only to be relived on the…
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Hotel Crashing: Westin, Marriott in Lima
I love, love, love hotels. I love the sometimes modern, sometimes classical, sometimes retro, but always sweeping and grand front desk areas. I love the smiling friendly people who work at the front desk area and the way they focus so intently on their little screen while trying to find you the absolute best room…
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Nice to Meet You, Machu Picchu
I’m fairly convinced that “Machu Picchu” is Incan for “stay the hell away.” I say this because honestly, I don’t think they could make this place any more difficult to get to. (OK, fine, I will acknowledge that Machu Picchu actually means “Old Peak,” which is kinda funny when you think about it since we…
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Lunchtime Quick Hit: Lululemon, Sand Boarding
Just a quick little post because I absolutely could not let the ongoing Lululemon tights-worn-as-workout-gear news pass. Ladies and investors, do not be angry at Lululemon. See-through yoga pants are a national epidemic, as I’ve pointed out here and here. If, however, you feel your trust has been betrayed and you simply must be angry,…
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Listless in Lima
OK, I’m sufficiently recovered to talk about Peru. A couple of days of antibiotics has put me on the road to normality and I’m all caught up on laundry. Yep, vacation is definitely over. But let’s jump in the way-back machine and start with the chaotic and intriguing city of Lima. We got there at…