OOTD (When The Jeans Are All Packed For Travel)

Just one more day now . . . I’m guessing I’m not the only one who experiences anxiety the day before a flight.  Luckily, it’s the transition time, the anticipation, that I find a bit…

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Chez Moi, Encore. . . . Home Again, Jet-Lagged Again!

4:14 a.m., and I’ve been up for an hour; jetlag, if I may be so blunt, is a bitch.  But she’s a bitch who, if managed well, can lead to productivity. So. My morning pages…

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Oh, those Grumpies! Yes, even in Paris!

Friday morning, we woke in Paris. That should have been enough to guarantee happiness, but it was a cold grey Paris we woke to, further narrowing the options in my carry-on-only capsule wardrobe. So I…

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Travel and Independence and Getting On, Part 2…

I’m beginning this second post about Travel and Independence very aware of how much ground I have to cover. The conversation that’s already emerging in the wake of my first post on the topicsuggests so…

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Travel Woes — The Lost Luggage Blues and Why I Go Carry-On Only

 It was my daughter’s birthday yesterday, and we all hoped that Alitalia might give her the gift of returning the luggage she checked three weeks ago. To be fair, she didn’t check it with Alitalia,…

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