Tag: flying
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Last Flight of 2013: JFK-CLT-ORF
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” ― George Augustus Moore, The Brook Kerith I boarded my last flight of 2013 today. I flew from New York to Charlotte and back into our little town of Norfolk. Ironically, I think I started the year…
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ORF-IAD (err, scratch that) EWR-SFO-SEA
I should have drafted this last Sunday when I departed on my first leg of this West coast adventure, but candidly, I was a little pissed and a tad disillusioned. Sunday went a little like this… 3.45a ET wake-up 5a ET airport arrival (thanks for the ride, love) 5.30a ET we are told the 6a…
Sarah Stealey Reed
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SBP-SFO-IAD-ORF
Let’s play a different game tonight. We were not expecting a redeye, we were not expecting delays, we were not expecting to spend hours in airports and get back to Norfolk tomorrow instead of today. So instead of a toothbrush, a change of clothes and a toiletry bag, I have books, wine glasses and a…
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ORF-ATL
What’s in my handbag: It’s a small handbag! iPhone and charger, headphones, lipgloss, hair tie and bobby pins, old room keys from the Westin Lake Las Vegas, Luis Vuitton peacock wallet, iPhone and charger, $20, boarding passes, and business cards. What’s in my backpack: Everything else. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs,…
Sarah Stealey Reed
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LAS-IAD-ORF
What’s in my handbag: Cough drops as the voice is rough, Pink Camelback filled with water from the United Club, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs, a not quite ripe banana also from the Club, two sets of headphones, hairbrush, lots of new business cards, receipts from expensive cab rides and the…
Sarah Stealey Reed
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ORF-EWR-LAS
What’s in my handbag: Two water bottles (still hydrating and detoxing from London), Hampton Roads magazine, Extra spearmint gum, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs and “Speak Softly, She Can Hear” by Pam Lewis (the former was newly acquired in ORF as the latter is almost complete), a perfectly ripe banana and…
Sarah Stealey Reed
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ORF-IAD-LHR
What’s in my handbag: bon appetit magazine (thanks to whomever gifted me a subscription), newly monikered Passport, three tubes of lipstick/lip gloss, two sets of headphones – running and conference calls, my iPhone running armband, Audi car keys, Tylenol, Luis Vuitton peacock wallet (my blue from our wedding), $40.00 in crumpled cash, 20 British pounds, boarding…
Sarah Stealey Reed
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SFO-ATL-ILM
What’s in my backpack: My still battered notebook full of ramblings, rants, and reviews, one not-so-brand-new hardbound notebook now scribbled with exciting to-do lists and notes from a jammed week in San Francisco, Mizuno running shoes, a round loaf of authentic San Francisco sourdough and a large can of clam chowder, (yes, I am still…
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ILM-ATL-SLC-LAX-SFO
What’s in my backpack: One battered notebook that is full of all my projects, blog ideas, research, endless lists, and interview notes, one brand-new hardbound notebook soon to be filled with even more projects, research, ideas, lists, and interviews, five boarding passes for three airlines that are just for today, a small bag of air-popped…
Sarah Stealey Reed
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ORD-CLT-ILM
What’s in my handbag: Two bananas pilfered from the United Club in ORD, a small bag of popcorn from Nuts on Clark (weakness people, such a weakness), a pack of gum, hotel ‘keys’ from three separate hotels in three different cities, invoice from my most recent stay at the Hyatt Lodge outside of Chicago, my…
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