Eating: Philadelphia Eats

Normally, Nola Nerd Couple researches moderately priced local priced places to eat on our travels. Philadelphia was different. We were there for Wizard World Philadelphia (we will definitely have more about that in a series of upcoming blogs). While we were going to do some sightseeing, our schedules were determined…

A Review of Using Home Chef

Home Chef is a food delivery service.  You pick the number of meals you want from a variety of choices each week and they are delivered to your front doorstep.  Cristina’s sister, and Nola Nerd Couple guest blogger Cara, has been doing it for awhile now and loves it.  Each…

Running: WDW Inaugural Star Wars Dark Side Half Marathon

Welcome our new guest blogger, Cristina’s sister, Cara!  You can read about Cristina’s inaugural WDW Star Wars 10K race here. For a long time, I had a dream of doing a half marathon in Disney World.  When they announced the first Star Wars half marathon in Disneyland, I really wanted to do…

Running: WDW Inaugural Star Wars Dark Side 10K

One of the top things I nerd out about is Star Wars. If you’ve read this blog for long, I think that becomes apparent very quickly. So when Walt Disney World said that they were starting a Star Wars Dark Side Half Marathon, I was stoked. Star Wars and Disney…

Reviewing: The Purple Mattress

Deciding to Buy the Purple Mattress As I was teetering on the edge of purchasing, I saw someone say that if you order a Purple mattress through a link on Sleepopolis, an online mattress review site, you will receive a free Royal Purple seat cushion with your order, which is…

Cooking: Big Green Egg Resources

Ok, I have only had my Big Green Egg for two and half months and this is my third post on it (here and here). I am a little obsessed.  When I’m not cooking on it, I’m thinking about cooking on it.  What is great about the Big Green Egg,…

Cooking: Relaxing with my MiniMax Big Green Egg

With a week off from work, Kurt does a week’s worth of cooking on the Big Green Egg MiniMax

NOLA-ing: Things to Do January 25-31, 2016

Looking for a couple of things to do this week in New Orleans?  Here are a couple of recommendations from NolaNerdCouple.com! Arthur Hardy Mardi Gras Tea: Join the definitive Mardi Gras expert, Arthur Hardy, at Longue Vue on January 26 from 1-3.  Mr. Hardy will provide a talk, then after…

NOLA-ing: Upcoming Events in New Orleans

Plan your NOLA weekend with these recommendations from Nola Nerd Couple: Motown:  The Saenger Theater is one of this city’s treasures.  Their Broadway series has been excellent and is always a hot item.  I can’t wait for this play because of the great music.  Motown will be playing at the Saenger…