Ten dollars. Ten lousy dollars. That’s the margin by which I feel that the valet at the Crescent Hotel in Dallas (a Rosewood luxury property) decided to draw a line in the sand about valet charges on Thursday night. Let me explain… I went to the Crescent after work with plans to attend an alumni…
I have not been trapped under a large piece of furniture, contrary to what one might assume. Although if I were to be trapped under a large piece of furniture, I’d like to imagine it would be something ridiculously obscure like a sarcophagus or a pipe organ. I became slightly obsessed with the idea of…
My personal laptop died this week, mere minutes after I had just moved everything on my local drive to Dropbox. The timing couldn’t have been stranger. The screen went black and then when I tried to reboot it, smoke started coming out of the keyboard. My Mac had met a similar fate a couple months…
Breathe. That’s the advice I give myself every morning when I wake up. It’s one thing I know I can do. I’ve been lax in posting the past couple of weeks as I’ve made a major career shift and I’m anticipating a couple of months in the weeds as I wind down my old practice…
This isn’t new, but it doesn’t ever fail to make me laugh when I see one of these in my social media feed. And finally I saw the full collection from Buzzfeed and realized that some of the real gems had not yet caught my attention. Yes, I get a kick out of how people…
Its the end of the first weekend of March Madness. My bracket is still fairly intact except for Kansas. (Rock Chalk Jayhawk was not giving me any love today!) And that’s just the beginning of the weekly update. I’m one week down in my new position at a new firm and settling in nicely. I…
File under bizarre… a Maryland man used GoFundMe to pay for a trip to Miami so that he could follow his 22 year old girlfriend on her spring break trip, as reported to the Daily Mail. His fundraising page shows he raised $360 of his $300 goal and made it to Miami to track her down. He…
Tonight I was updating my status tracking spreadsheets (because it’s important to stay on top of how I’m tracking towards airline miles and hotel stays) when I encountered something a bit surprise. No, it wasn’t that I’m missing flights from both American and Delta (although that, too) but rather that my Marriott Rewards status was…
It’s almost spring here around the Jetsetter’s Homestead. This past week was another week on the road doing site work followed by a weekend of spring cleaning at home. I’ve been getting things in order because I start working for a new firm tomorrow… my first time in twenty years to start somewhere new as…
When I’m reading a mystery novel, I hate when I can guess then ending within the first few pages. No matter how crazy the plot twists and turns, I’m always disappointed when I am right in the end. Sadly, that is how my Lyft driver referral bonus saga has played out. If you are just…
File under Hot Bomb… …a friend shared this Instagram feed that focuses solely on snapshots of men on the Paris Metro. But not just any men. Hot men. Mecs Métro Paris has over 100,000 followers on Instagram who check in to see which cute Parisian (or visitor) will appear next. I’m usually too busy trying…
If you’ve been following my Lyft saga, you know that it’s been a roller coaster ride to try to get approved to drive. As of this morning, I’m sitting at less than 72 hours to fulfill my driving requirement and still no approval. I redid my mentor ride on Saturday afternoon (and was finally asked…