traveling – The Badass Unicorn

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…

Sarah Stealey Reed

December 4, 2013

flying, Jason, Norfolk, traveling

CLT, flying, New York, Norfolk, ORF, Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, traveling

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

November 22, 2013

call center, contact center, Customer Experience, customer service, drinking, flying, Jason, traveling, travelling

Dreamforce, EWR, flying, Norfolk, Salesforce, San Francisco, Seattle, traveling

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…

Sarah Stealey Reed

October 28, 2013

flying, Jason, love, Norfolk, traveling

airports, flying, IAD, ORF, SFO, traveling, United

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

October 21, 2013

contact center, Customer Experience, customer service, Jason, traveling

ATL, contact center, Customer Service, flying, ICMI, iPhone, Las Vegas, Marc Jacobs, ORF, traveling

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

October 11, 2013

contact center, Customer Experience, customer service, Jason, traveling

flying, IAD, LAS, Las Vegas, ORF, traveling, United Club, Westin

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

October 8, 2013

contact center, Customer Experience, customer service, Jason, traveling

EWR, flying, inContact, iPhone, LAS, Las Vegas, Marc Jacobs, Pam Lewis, Speak Softly She Can Hear, traveling

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

September 29, 2013

Europe, Jason, traveling

flying, IAD, iPhone, LHR, London, Marc Jacobs, Pam Lewis, Speak Softly She Can Hear, traveling, World War Z

DTW-ATW

What’s in my handbag: Significantly less than the last flight – I’ve either purged, re-purposed or repacked. iPhone, three tubes of lipstick/lip gloss, many receipts from airports or the MGM Grand Detroit, gold Gucci sunglasses, two sets of headphones – running and conference calls, my iPhone running armband, key to our new house, Luis Vuitton peacock wallet (my…

Sarah Stealey Reed

September 12, 2013

drinking, Everything else, family, Jason, traveling

ATW, Detroit, DTW, Harvard Business Review, MGM Grand Detroit, Natalie Maines, NPR, Tommy Hilfiger, Tory Burch, traveling, Volcano Choir

We are Getting Married…

She keeps it simple And I am thankful for her kind of loving Cause it is simple No longer do we wonder if we’re together We’re way past that And I’ve already asked her So in January we’re getting married ~ Avett Brothers: January Wedding There is a gorgeous three-piece suit hanging in the closet.…

Sarah Stealey Reed

February 22, 2013

Jason, love, traveling, wedding

Empire State Building, Love, Marriage, Marriage licence, traveling, Wedding