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Monthly Archives for November 2013.

Home safe from Manila

I’ve gotten several messages asking me if I made it home from my trip to Manila last week. A lot of you have probably heard about Super Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines over the weekend. I left Friday morning, and there was something very surreal about sitting in the Manila airport watching coverage of…

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Please, please, please wear slippers in the lav.

a pair of blue slippers

Many people in my life love to travel. Some of them go to incredible places, and are far more adventurous than I. One of these friends is headed to Iceland next year. While we were discussing his upcoming trip (of which I am super jealous) he told me a story that happened on another of…

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Quick travel tip: Update your luggage tag!

Moving is really, really hard. Anyone who has ever moved can tell you that. Maybe you’re excited about the new place, maybe you’re not, but either way the actual process of moving is stressful. All the packing, the decisions about what to keep or give away, the eventual unpacking, and the myriad details and can…

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6 things to help you sleep on international flights

a collage of items for a trip

Monday, I embark on the longest trip I take for my job: Manila. It takes 25 hours of transit time to go there from Texas, which can be kind of daunting. Not only is that a lot of time, when I land I go to the hotel to shower and eat, then head straight to…

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