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  • Old Navy canvas tote

    See that adorable bag over there, the one you could throw your entire life inside – I just bought it.  And I love it.  What savvy traveler couldn’t use a multifunctional bag, the kind that goes from beach to street and still looks chic?  Tell me this  white canvas tote with faux leather…

  • Crew luggage, rolling vs folding & lifting heavy bags

    I just read the New York Times article about your packing advice for travelers. What is the brand and model of the carry-on luggage that you used in the slideshow? – Michelle The bag featured in the article is a Travelpro 22″ flight crew series 3. My company also provides…

  • Do flight attendants hang out with pilots on layovers?

    Dear Heather, is it common that you associate with pilots when on layovers? Also after each leg of a trip, does everyone go to the bar? I can’t imagine this is a great family lifestyle for those married. Just My Thoughts Dear Just My Thoughts, Do pilots and flight attendants…

  • Travel questions answered

    Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of  of Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana, and Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines, interviewed me on her fun and insightful blog.  Just thought I’d share… This week’s Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010 contributor spends her days pushing 300-pound carts at 30,000 feet…

  • Finding time to write…

      You’re a wife, mother of a young child, and a flight attendant, when do you find time to write? I’m constantly multi-tasking.  I take notes at work on the back of catering papers between beverage services.  When I go to the gym, I plot out chapters or blog posts in my head while getting a little cardio in at the same…

  • Enter to win two business class tickets to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific

    Until May 31, 2010 Cathay Pacific is giving away two free tickets in business class from any city to Hong Kong, as well as three nights’ accommodation at The Upper House, a portrait session with campaign photographer Andrew J. Loiterton, and eight times the Asia Miles you earn flying on…

  • Save the date!

    Alright guys, time to mark your calendars.  On Tuesday, June 8th, at 7:00 pm, I’ll be in Pasadena at Vromans Bookstore reading an excerpt of my essay, An Ode to B-cups, featured in the  travel anthology The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010.  I’m really looking forward to the event, not just because it will be my first reading EVER (so please be…