This weekend, The Geeky Hostess celebrated its three-year anniversary. I’ve had a blast over the last three years writing and learning about cooking, entertaining, and etiquette, and finding fun ways to inject a bit of personality into it all. This year, The Geeky Hostess will be moving beyond just […]
Author: Tara
May The Free Comic Books Be With You
The stars have aligned and two of the best geek holidays have joined forces: May The Fourth (or Star Wars Day) and Free Comic Book Day. Visit your local comic book store and pick up some free comics. While you’re there, show your support for their business by picking up a […]
Friday Favorites: May 3
It’s Friday, it’s gorgeous outside, and we have two big geek holidays coming up this weekend! Let’s celebrate! Here are my favorites from this past week: Favorite Twitter Account: PinterestFake I have a love-hate relationship with Pinterest. I do get a lot of great ideas from there, but you have […]
Geeky Cross Stitch Kits
These cross stitch kits will allow you to show off a bit of craftiness and your favorite animal (or pair of eyesight-enhancers). I’m loving the designs above, as well as the corgi and narwhal. Oh, and the mermaid! The kits are available for $18 each at Fab.com.
$10 Costumes!
BuyCostumes.com is having some sort of crazy sale where a large amount of their costumes and shoes are on sale for $10 each. It’s for today only, but if you hurry, you can fill up your cart, same as I did. I can’t wait for my lightning bolt heels! Find […]
Text Adventure Party
Last week, I gathered some of my gaming-loving friends together for a Text Adventure Party. Yes, a party based on those text adventure games from the 80’s. The activities of the night centered around playing Parsely, a live-action game based on the text adventures. We started with Action Castle, which […]
Nintendo Cartridge Jewelry
Etsy shop OhMyGeekness has come out with the cutest little pieces of nostalgia: NES cartridge jewelry. The pieces range in price from $14-45, with most items around $16. In addition to NES, she’s got N64, Xbox 360, PS1, and PS2 cartridges, and a variety of cute geeky and game-related characters […]
Home Decor Inspired by Doctor Who
Saturday’s episode of Doctor Who (Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS) was my favorite of the season so far. As the title would indicate, we got to explore a bit more of the inside of the TARDIS, and included in that is a grand library with a few fun […]
EMP’s Fantasy Exhibit
If you find yourself in Seattle, you’ve gotta check out the EMP Museum’s new Fantasy exhibit. This exhibit is the third and final part of their permanent exhibit’s redesign that focuses on exploring our hopes, fears, and dreams. Our hopes are found in the Sci-Fi exhibit, our fears in the […]
Friday Favorites: April 26
Happy Friday! Here are some things that have caught my eye this past week: Favorite Kickstarter: The World’s Worst Dungeon Crawl I had the pleasure of doing some D&D-style improv with Bill Cavalier (also known as Dungeon Bastard), and it was some of the most fun I’ve ever had improvising. […]
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