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GG is a longtime skeptic and agnostic. She works as the VP of an energy company that specializes in natural gas processing technologies. She has also raised two good-looking skeptical sons. She blogs about nothing at www.twodifferentgirls.com

• Brennan’s of Houston – Fine Dining in the Oil Field

  By Geek Goddess on May 6, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Last weekend I had a special treat when my friend and fellow 2DG blogger Jeff Wagg was in Houston on business.  Jeff has a pretty rough week ahead of him, working with the annual Offshore Technology Conference, and probably had… Read More ›

• Friday Fun Flicks! Shoe Shopping in Istanbul

  By Geek Goddess on May 2, 2013 • ( 0 )

  One of the fun things about traveling in foreign places is looking in the markets. Investigating other cultures through their art, food, and markets can usually tell you more about a place than what they’ve stuffed into their museums. Related… Read More ›

• At the Volcano’s Edge

  By Geek Goddess on May 1, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  After my group’s trip to the equator outside of Quito last month, we ascended the Pululahua Volcano for lunch. The volcano’s name means “Cloud of Water” in the local Quichua language, and indeed, the crater is part of a cloudforest,… Read More ›

• Near the Middle of the World

  By Geek Goddess on April 29, 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  One month ago, I was traipsing around the equator, at its highest elevation on earth, just outside Quito, Ecuador. This country was breathtakingly beautiful, whether we were gazing up the Andes, strolling across lava fields and avoiding giant tortoises in… Read More ›

• Friday Fun Flick! Not-Nassau Bahamas

  By Geek Goddess on April 26, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

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• Scenes from Quito

  By Geek Goddess on April 22, 2013 • ( 3 )

  My big adventure trip has come and gone. Along with 38 of my closest friends and companions, I went to Quito, the Galapagos Islands, Quito, Coca, the Napo River Amazon rainforest, Coca, and Quito.  This wonderful trip was put together… Read More ›

• The Slightly Less Traveled Bahamas

  By Geek Goddess on April 17, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  If you Google anything regarding staircases in the Bahamas, you end up with descriptions of the Queen’s Staircase in Nassau, which I wrote about last fall here. I’ll get to that in a bit. When Jeff, Paperskater, and I went… Read More ›

• Where I Keep My Brain

  By Geek Goddess on April 15, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Several years ago I purchased my first Moleskine notebook. I’d seen them advertised somewhere: “the notebook that Hemingway used.” The original manufacturer of moleskine type notebooks quit production in the 1980s, and British novelist Bruce Chatwin famously bought out everyone… Read More ›

• Best Barbeque in Texas – Fine Dining in the Oil Field

  By Geek Goddess on April 10, 2013 • ( 11 )

  

  Many places are passionate about their barbeque, and the subtle and not-so-subtle differences between types of wood used to smoke, dry rubs versus wet rubs, mustard or vinegar-based sauces versus sticky-sweet, and of course, pork versus beef, are fodder for… Read More ›

• The Yucatan Taco Stand and Tequila Bar

  By Geek Goddess on April 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Living in Texas, I am pretty spoiled by all the wonderful taquerias that are located all over the city and in many of the small towns I visit on business trips. Authentic tacos based on the cuisine from different regions… Read More ›