Tag: kangaroos

• 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…

  thepoelog

  May 24, 2013

  opinions (big book of), travel

  Beer, dc metro system, exotic pets, graphic infographics, kangaroos, packing, Petunia, sharks

• Monday Quick Hit

  I promise I’ll have a much longer post tomorrow, but I did want to put something funny up today. This is an email I received from my house-subsidizing-partner-for-30-fixed-years XFE on Friday before the home inspection. It documents an exchange he had with the home insurance company: Just asked if we had pets, “Yes?” Is it…

  thepoelog

  June 11, 2012

  Home (slice), travel

  house buying, kangaroos, XFE

• The Future Mr. Pickwick

  Since we’ve gotten back from Australia, one of us (the male edition) won’t stop lobbying for a new pet. Seems my Outback-Jack-boyfriend-for-life, XFE is unsatisfied with the pet we currently house, feed and lavish with love. No, he wants a new pet. A different pet. An entirely more exotic creature. XFE wants a damn kangaroo.…

  thepoelog

  April 28, 2012

  travel, Trips Down Memory Lane

  Australia, bad decisions, exotic pets, kangaroos, lame laws, XFE

• Hotel Crashing: Barossa Pavilions

  It might have been breakfast with the kangaroos that made Barossa Pavilions my favorite place of all the places we stayed in Australia. But more likely, it was the light-up rubber ducky. We approached Barossa Pavilions in the dark, after a long day of travelling and celebrity spotting. Since it was dark, we couldn’t really…

  thepoelog

  April 10, 2012

  food (of all types), travel, trip report

  Australia, Barossa, Barossa Pavilions, hotel crashing, hotel review, Hotels, kangaroos

• Getting It (Sorta) Done, Qantas Style

  If you want something difficult to get done, let’s say, getting your child into a certain daycare facility or, maybe, getting to the bottom of an insurance bill, let me just offer up a suggestion — get someone at Qantas on it. No, seriously. These guys take care of difficult stuff, quickly and efficiently and…

  thepoelog

  March 23, 2012

  travel, trip report

  Air travel, airline review, Australia, flight delays, kangaroos, luggage problems, Qantas, travel woes, trip review

• Pink Mink and Rubber Duckies: Wine Tasting in the Barossa

  After escaping death’s watery clutches, mastering the art of koala whispering, and rubbing elbows with popstars, there really was only one thing left to do: Drink a bunch of wine. We headed to the Barossa Valley, a wine region in southern Australia. It’s kinda like Napa but without the crowds or the tasting fees. Barossa…

  thepoelog

  March 21, 2012

  food (of all types), travel, trip report

  Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley, kangaroos, Pink Mink, trip review, Wineries, winetasting