Archives for October 2012

October 2012 - Page 3 of 3

How I Pack: my Travel Outfit

For me, the single most crucial decision in travel is what to wear on the plane. It's all well and good to say that I'm carrying my luggage onto the plane, and thus I'm not going to be trapped in these clothes forever, but...

One may be "requested" to check one's bag. Thus, it goes where no man has gone before, and you may not see it for quite a while. Flight delays. You may be wearing these clothes a LOT longer than your schedule suggests. Hotel check-in timing - when we arrive in Paris, it will only be about 8 a.m. Arriving in the city between 9 and 9:30, we will be HOURS too early to check into our room. Thus, my first three or four hours in Paris will be spent wearing these same clothes.

I see ... View the Post

How I Pack: Liquids

This is it, dumped out onto the bed. We'll have to buy toothpaste in Paris, where you can actually get a 3 ounce tube - big enough for more than a few days... Samples of my skin care products are very helpful; some things I only use once or twice a week.

The thing that finally got me to minimize the volume of liquids that I pack? On the first day of some month, years ago, I vowed that I was going to live ENTIRELY out of my dopp kit until it ran out. And I realized, near the END of that month (almost four weeks into my experiment) that I still had quite a bit of stuff... Since then, I've cut way back on quantities, and if I have to buy something, then I'll just HAVE to shop in Paris. (oh ... View the Post

How I Pack: Jewelry

I bought this nifty little sack on Etsy - I believe the woman who made it is in Poland? It's the perfect size for a stack of jewelry - my cuff bracelets fit perfectly into the bottom of the bag.

In order to keep things padded, I will probably toss in a pair of socks (or two), and slide necklaces down into the socks so they don't scratch each other.

I pack a LOT of jewelry - it's small, it's light, it makes a ton of difference in the appearance of what I'm wearing. It's all insured. Really, what's the point in having nice things if I don't take them with me on amazing vacations to Paris? ... View the Post