a weekend getaway
I am nearly packed and ready to catch a morning plane to San Francisco. I'll be meeting four lifelong friends there to catch up, reminisce, explore and laugh until our faces and stomaches hurt. There may also be a trip to Napa Valley wedged in there somewhere. How I love times like these!
I'm learning to pack lightly and I think I'll make this trip with just a tote/purse and a backpack. Seems easy enough for a long weekend, but it required unprecedented planning on my part just the same.
Here are a few things I like to have with me for comfort when I travel:
A small notebook and two pens
A scented travel candle with matches
Blueberry Vanilla & Cashew Kind bars (an easy gluten free snack)
A kindle (easier than taking a stack of books)
A current New Yorker magazine, this time I'm taking Anthology magazine too
My camera, laptop, iPhone and earbuds
A few bags of tea, currently peppermint, in a small handmade daisy print drawstring pouch (a gift I cherish)
Inner Peace energy mist by Lotus Wei
A few stamps to send postcards (regrettably, I often stall at good intentions here)
A soft wool throw for the plane
A small tube of L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream
Water
Tic tacs
A good bar of dark chocolate
And a sleep mask to cover my eyes
What are your travel comforts?
Wishing you a weekend filled with giddy laughter...
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Reader Comments (8)
funny you should ask this as i'm packing to go to vancouver canada on saturday. i'm going to use a purse/day bag that will double as my camera bag and a backpack for the laptop/work i need to do while i'm gone. and because i'm gone for 2 weeks, these will be my carry-on's, (actual suitcase will be checked.)
i'm a big wuss and don't like flying, but will be glad once i get and i'm glad to have my ipod loaded to cut the anxiety. radiohead take me away. :)
have a great time - can't wait to see photos and hear about your travels.
have a lovely time ! Your list sounds a lot like mine - perhaps a bit more exotic as my travel candle is usually from somewhere mundane like walmart - and my snacks more like goldfish crackers ! ( not really - I usually resort to buying stuff last minute in the airport ) I wish I were laughing with you !
journal and pen
at least 3 books
green smoothie for the car ride to the airport
teabags
drawstring bags for collecting
postcards and stamps
scarf
my Klean Kanteen large water bottle
GPS if I will be renting a car
with pertinent addresses written in the back of my journal
earplugs
Burts bees chapstick
yoga pants for after a long day of travel
ibuprofen
I also tend to write, at some point on my trip, a list of things I brought that I didn't need, and things I brought that were essential ~ sometimes I even check that list before my next trip!
2-3 books. (And there is a Powells at the airport so unless it is a very early flight, I usually have at least one new book by the time I board.)
a very soft purple scarf.
a Sigg for water.
a photo of the pup to use as a bookmark.
Have a wonderful trip!
great list. I am curious about that anthology magazine. it looks great.
For me, I like taking my kindle, my phone(with a good music mix synced), a small notebook, an extra comfy cardigan and comfy yoga pants. I really need to get better about packing tea and snacks. I am always so thirsty in the airport.
I love to travel, but hate to pack. I always over pack and end up not using half of what I take. It is funny you are writing this, I am working on packing. Heading home to NC this weekend for a week. I always travel w/ snacks, vega protein powder, ipod, laptop and book or books.
I hope you have a great time and look forward to hearing about your time.
Suzanne
kristen: thinking of you in vancouver (love radiohead).
martha: any snacks are good snacks :)
brooke: a green smoothie on the way to the airport is a great idea.
elizabeth: where do you fill your sigg at the airport since it can't be filled prior to security? are there still water fountains there? i really don't like getting a plastic bottle.
keishua: i heard rumors the third issue of anthology is in circulation ~ i've loved the first two.
suzanne: i too have been a notorious over packer ~ i'm still trying to get it right. have a lovely trip!
oooh great post! I always aspire to pack lightly - but guess I'm no minimalist! Yeah....would have to throw in a cushy cashmere wrap AND watercolors and waterbrush!