Greece Travelogue, Part 10
Editor’s note: It has been nearly a month since I was able to get back to updating the postings, despite Katy having sent in all of her materials on time and in good order. It was my fault and bad time management that led to the glitch. I apologize to Katy, and to all our [...]
Greece Travelogue, Part 4
by Katy Scrogin Monday, the start of our writing workshop, opened with yoga on the beach– which was undoubtedly the best place I’ve encountered for such an activity. Ready for the day, we dug into a breakfast buffet, where there were muesli, granola, breads, homemade jams and goat’s milk yogurt, soy milk (thoughtfully provided for [...]
Greece travelogue #2
by Katy Scrogin The blur that is air travel began, of course, with a hiccup. Before I could jump over the ocean, I had to get to Washington/Dulles, where I was to have, under optimal circumstances, an hour to change to the plane that would get me to Frankfurt. Superb. But then the weather decided [...]
Greece travelogue, Part 1 (Packing for the trip)
By Katy Scrogin There I was last night, on the eve of a twelve-day odyssey to Greece, frantically doing laundry and attempting to tamp down the pre-travel jitters that inevitably emerge a full day prior to any air travel. Whether it’s a short hop that doesn’t even get me out of the state, or an [...]
$30 an hour may be a small price to pay for privacy, comfort
When I travel, one of the things I build into the budget is self-care. This can take several forms, of course. Often it is as simple as making sure I have enough time between flights for a small frozen yogurt or a beer. Not the healthiest option, of course, but if it helps me to [...]
Caching and stashing (think: traveling without packing)
I saw a tweet a few days ago from Tim Ferris (of The 4-Hour Workweek fame), praising Sean Bonner’s recent post on Practical Urban Caching. The idea is that when you travel regularly to certain destinations, you shouldn’t have to pack. If you are heading repeatedly to a certain location, the key is to find [...]
The Art and Science of Staying Dry
The one place you don’t want to be making decisions about how to keep the rain off you is when the first drops are falling from the sky. I can’t tell you, though, how many times I was in exactly this position before I finally started taking steps to keep dry. Beating the rain is [...]
Daily self-care through stretching
As I’ve gotten older, I have begun to lose a bit of my flexibility. I also suffer from a bad case of plantar fasciitis that has been pretty chronic for the past few years. Both of these factors have reduced my ability to walk long distances, so I have been aggressively combating the degeneration of [...]
