Wow, July just flew by. Can’t believe it will be August next week! Looking back at posts from a year ago, it’s pretty obvious what was on my mind…..food, etiquette, and clothes! I was in the middle of my healthy eating “life change” and struggling to figure out how to eat well while traveling. Even…
Travel security
Quick Security Tip: Wear Bike Shorts Under Skirts
Once the temperatures start heating up, it’s hard to wear pants every day. They can just feel so restricting and hot, especially here in the South. I love dresses and skirts, and have several that are incredibly comfortable for travel. But with TSA doing extra touchy feely patdowns, a girl can feel might exposed in…
Answering Readers’ Questions: Taking Your Purse Through Security
A reader recently sent me this question: After a few business trips, I’m starting to get pretty good at going through security quickly. But I’m not totally sure what to do with my purse! I see some people put their purse in a bin, and some not. What is the correct way to do it?…
TSA and Breast Milk
As the number of women business travelers grow, the number of new mothers who are traveling for work will also grow. Many of these new mothers are breastfeeding their children, and have certain challenges while traveling. While some choose to pump and dump, others need to take the milk back to their baby. We all…
Quick Security Tip: Wear Appropriate Layers
Recently, a friend wore a sweater to the airport. When she went through security, the TSA agent made her remove her sweater as he considered it “outerwear”. Luckily, this friend had on an appropriate under layer, a short sleeved tee-shirt, so it wasn’t really a problem to remove the sweater. But later, she told me,…
Quick Security Tip: Don’t Leave Your Laptop!!
Flying home on Friday night I sat next to a very interesting man. After visiting for a while, we started comparing travel war stories. He confessed that the day before on his flight out to California, he had left his laptop at security in his home airport. He was in Dallas before he realized it.…
Anwering Readers’ Questions: Do lipsticks count as liquids?
In the comments to yesterday’s post, reader Nancy brought up a good question. Are lipsticks and lip balm considered liquids? I always stick them into my ziplock bag, but never sure if I have to. I have some excellent news for you, Nancy! According to the TSA blog, normal sized makeup does not have to…
Quick Security Tip: Keep Your Boarding Pass Handy
We all know that the holidays bring out the non-frequent fliers. The people who fly once a year, or less, who have no idea what the latest TSA policy is regarding liquids, or shoes, or anything else. The people who bring full size bottles of shampoo in their overstuffed carry-on bags. One time, I kid…
Great Christmas Gift? Or Dastardly Terrorist Plot?
This Christmas, one of my favorite gifts from Home Warrior was a new, super fancy Thermos that keeps my coffee toasty for five hours. Home Warrior recently got one himself, and over the weeks I have dropped several not-so-subtle hints that I would love one as well. As excited as I was when I opened…
Dropped my purse in the security line last week….
Sigh. Last Monday started out like any other travel day. Got up, wrote a blog post, checked my email, packed, and left for the airport. As I was going through security, I noticed they didn’t have enough lanes open, which of course was creating a long line. As I got closer they opened another one.…
