A little battered . . .

And you wonder why I like to travel carry-on!! That’s what I was doing yesterday, and all went well on the flight to Montreal, but from Montreal to Fredericton, even my regulation-size carry-on was too…

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Heading off, More Jeans. . .

I’m heading off to a big conference in a small city — Fredericton, New Brunswick will be swamped by the 6000 projected attendees of the annual CONGRESS of scholars in the humanities and the social…

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Quiet spots in London . . . Dead quiet, some of them . . .

While you can sometimes find a quiet spot in a museum or art gallery, as I have, in the photo above, in London’s fabulous and free National Portrait Gallery, Pater and I have found a…

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Paris Retail Challenges my Capsule Wardrobe Plans

Une Femme has a great article onpacking toiletries/cosmetics for carry-on. My own preparations were detailed way back here. I can happily report back that while I did have to buy new hair products in Paris,…

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Mais franchement . . . travel wardrobe revisited . . .

I’ve already shown you the camera’s evidence that I shouldn’t belt my Burberry trench and I’ve also already posted a travel wardrobe evaluation at the halfway point of our six-week trip. At that point, the too-bright…

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