I’m fairly swamped today with last-minute preparations/ cleaning/ deadlines/ etc. before we take off for Africa, but I’m pretty impressed with our minimalist packing. This is an entire week of clothing (well, we each get two pairs of pants or shorts and I have a skirt), plus two bedsheets (from Ikea, $2), quick-drying hiking towels, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Wanderings’
July 20, 2010
On My Itinerary: we’re driving to Chicago
View Larger Map Hark. We’re driving to Chicago. In a car. From Baltimore. I don’t know why this is such news, considering I did this route many times between St. Louis – New York during college, and Chicago- New York during graduate school, and even Los Angeles- New York when I moved out west. But [...]
February 17, 2010
Wanderings: Olympic fever!
No need to travel these two weeks… you can tour the world right on TV by watching the Olympics. I am personally glued to the speed of these downhill skiiers. I’m now very inspired to hit the slopes. So… stay tuned tomorrow when I search for great ski deals!
February 12, 2010
Wanderings: If I could have planned my snow week
If you’re a travelin’ fool like me bound by three weeks vacation, you’ll understand how much it bothered me to be handed an entire week off from work with nowhere to go. Once Wednesday came around with another foot of snow, I knew I wouldn’t be required at work until Monday. We started looking at [...]
February 8, 2010
My Travel Hats is on Snow Day!
The federal government declared a snow day, and so will My Travel Hats as we attempt to dig out our car from the unplowed streets of Baltimore. Three feet of snow = flights cancelled, Amtrak cancelled, basically all travel of any kind involving the mid-Atlantic region from Philadelphia to Richmond was nonexistent. If you’re in [...]
January 3, 2010
Wandering: My Travel Hats returns from holiday!
Apologies, travel fans, for the hiccups in schedule this December! But starting this 2010, My Travel Hats has its own New Year’s resolutions to include the following: 1. a regular editorial calendar 2. more great tips/ great trips! 3. contests, polls, and fun interactivity 4. and for all you who keep sending me press releases [...]
November 10, 2009
Wanderings: My Travel Hats returns from the OBX
OBX = Outer BankX or something like that. Anyway, we’re returned from a vunderbar weekend along rustic beachy coastal Carolina, with its enormo houses for five families, the ocean and sound within one block of each other, crabcakes, and 2:19:13 of running! Jon even went into the ocean for about 45 seconds. More later with [...]
October 26, 2009
Wanderings: United Airlines’ impressive customer service
An American airline + customer service? It’s almost an oxymoron these days. However, United Airlines managed to impress me enough to keep me subdued through our recent 3+hour delay due to maintenance issues last Wednesday at Dulles Airport. Wednesday evening, around 5:30pm. We were already on the runway preparing to take off and then – [...]
September 14, 2009
Wanderings: My Travel Hats trains for a half-marathon in Outer Banks
I decided it was time to start posting some more random thoughts about travel in general, since that’s what most blogs are anyway – uninvited streams of consciousness by the writer for all those who care. Now since I love autumn, I have multiple plans in my head to enjoy it, but I’m fast running [...]
August 13, 2009
…and we’re back!
(Above: Riding a traditional Swedish Dalarna horse – probably would have gotten me home faster than American Airlines. Normally the ones for sale in trinkety souvenir shops are the size of your hand or smaller. We found this one and its adult-size version at Skansen, in Stockholm. I kept imagining it in Night at the Museum, part [...]
