We visited our daughter at camp this past weekend. It’s a performing arts camp, and there are performances at the end of each 3-week session. She is attending for 9 weeks, so including the trip to drive her there, that means four round-trips this summer. (Two down, two to go.) It’s about a 3-hour drive each way, and since we are among those uncool types who play an iPod full of show tunes and sing along, the time passes quickly. But in addition to…
Read more →When you are getting ready for a trip, do you find packing your toiletries to be the most time-consuming? Here’s a foolproof way to ease your packing: create a toiletry travel kit.
Read more →I’m breathing a big sigh of relief, because for the first time in months, I’m not packing. We spent the first two weeks of July on a family safari in Africa. Then, a few days after we got back, we drove our 13-year old daughter — and her luggage — to camp for a six-week stay. In the weeks before I go on a trip, people always ask me, “Are you packed yet?” They assume that, because I am an organizer, I pack my…
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