Those of you that have followed my blog over the years will recall that we used to have occasional meet-ups with other travel geeks in the DC area. The pandemic put a pause on that for quite some time but we’ve been talking about getting back to it for quite some time. Thanks to my friend Jeanne Hoffman for kicking me in the butt to get this tradition started again. Thursday, December 8th is when we get this tradition back under way. I’ll be joined by Jeanne and our friend […]
Toys For Tots
DC/MD/VA Residents: Support the AVGeek Toys For Tots Drive
The holidays are a great time to remember that not everyone is as fortunate as my family is. Over the past few years, we’ve done a holiday toy drive benefiting Toys For Tots in the DC Area. Trevor from Tagging Miles reached out to me again this year to organize some donation efforts. He’s back in one of our frequent happy hour haunts, Bar Bao in Arlington: Bar Bao 3100 Clarendon Blvd Clarendon Metro Station Arlington, VA 22201 The event will be 6 December, 6-9pm. You can register free for […]
Come Talk Travel (And Toys) With Us Next Week! Northern Virginia/DC/Maryland Travel Meetup
Come talk travel with us next week! If you’re in the Northern Virginia, DC, Maryland area next Monday, bring a new, unwrapped toy to our travel meetup!
The Next DC-Area Travel Meetup Is Set. Come Join Us!
Things have been a bit quiet here the past week or so. Between some work travel overseas and ending up sick (sick travel is the worst) I’ve done a bad job keeping up with all of you. I’m hoping we can get back to some normalcy pretty quickly. In the interim, I have some good news for local DC folks. Many of you have asked me when our next DC travel Meetup would be. Well, thanks to persistence by my partner-in-crime Jeanne as well as Trevor, we’re back in business. […]
Are You Joining Us To Talk Travel (And Do Good) This Week?
Are you joining us this week to talk travel?
DC Travel Meetup-Toys For Tots At GeekyPizza 8!
Our next happy hour is ready to rock. We’ll be collecting toys for tots, meeting new friends and old, sharing travel tips and enjoying the holiday season.
How People Are Doing Something Good On Thanksgiving (And You Can, Too)!
Happy Thanksgiving! If you’ve found value on what I write day-to-day, I hope you’ll take a minute to read this. I’m not asking for anything, just some suggestions for good cheer during the holidays.
Super Cheap Tickets To Italy Are Back, Delta’s New Mini-Hub and Christopher Elliott’s Not-So-Mini Ability To Manipulate The Truth
Today’s Best of the Rest includes cheap tickets to Italy and Puerto Rico, and Christopher Elliot forgets a few facts along the way. Enjoy!
