I love writing on the blog. I think of things that I think are important all the time. My latest really important issue is, "what to wear on the plane". At my age and having travelled a fair bit one would think I'd have it worked out. I like to be pulled together when I travel, yet this issue comes up every trip whether my travel is for work or pleasure. Here are my restrictions:
1) no skirts or dresses - a colleague who had to evacuate on the slide wearing a skirt told me it was horrible as she got "rubber burns" and in the future she would never fly in skirts, dress or shorts.
2) Another friend got a rash wearing shorts on a plane;
3) I believe the seats are filthy and don't want to wear "good clothes" if I can avoid it, and also don't want to be wearing the filthy stuff (whether its just in my mind or not) for the rest of my trip; and
4) I also don't want to stretch out my jeans, as somehow flying really takes a toll on them.
As I write this I am beginning to wonder about mytops and the seat back. For some reason that has been less of a worry.
So, in the past I've had some pants I don't really care about that are washable, and I'd wear them there and back, and that was it. But then I look at some other people in the airport and they just look so sharp. I don't know why I'm so obsessed with this, but I don't like to look like a mess. Saturday we are making our annual summer trip to Chicago to visit friends. My stepdaughter flew home from Vermont to join us. She has no problem. She used to fly in sweats, but the photo above is how she arrived tonight. She doesn't have the jeans issue. She looked great.
I went to City Sports on 7th St. in DC, to look for travel pants that didn't look like leggings or sweatpants. I found these awesome yoga pants:
Except I got them in black. They are much nicer looking than in the photo, and I am tall and they are long enough (unlike in the diagram on their site), AND bonus, they are made in the U.S. I love the slits on the leg, and the fact that they have pockets, which make them look more like pants, not sweatpants. So I'll try them. with a nice top and cardigan.
On our trip I may try to get up the courage to photo some great travel oufits, ans also bad ones. I will certainly mortify my family. I assume anyone I ask to photo for a good one will be flattered and will say o.k.
At least I'm packed. By the way, check out this other blog. A woman described what she packed, in a carry on (!) for three weeks in Italy:
I am curious however about the space bags. I have some questions for her about that.
ieva
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