Make sure your checked luggage has a tag with your name, flight number, final destination, and a phone number.
Place a business card inside your bag.
Don’t check anything you can’t live without.
Try to get your bag to stand out on the luggage carousel. All the black bags in the world tend to look alike as they round the corner.
If your bag doesn’t arrive, file a claim before you leave the airport.
If your sinuses give you trouble on long flights, pack a small washcloth in a resealable bag. Ask for a cup of hot water, dip the washcloth in it, and place it over your face. Breathing in the steam may help you breathe better.
You can also use that washcloth in the lavatory to freshen up before you land.
Also pack a toothbrush and toothpaste, some lip balm, hand lotion, and eye drops.
If you carry a refillable water bottle, you may ask the flight attendants to fill it.
If your airline doesn’t give you socks to wear, pack a pair to use when walking around the plane. Remember to pack them away with your dirty laundry so you don’t wear them until you wash them. No telling what’s on the floor…
Do you have trouble getting your ears to pop? Bring an apple. Then, about 25 minutes before you land…start eating it. The constant chewing will assist in popping your ears.
Candied ginger works for motion sickness.
Add the 800 numbers for airlines into your phone. If there are delays or cancellations, you won’t have to search for the number.
Before you reach the security line, here are a few things to think about.
Make sure all of your documents, passport, tickets, and anything else you need in the security line are all in one place. Make sure you know exactly where that place is…in your purse, luggage, pocket, or wherever works for you.
Place everything else you won’t need until later in a different place. No sense dropping cash, tissues, your parking slip, or anything else around you while others wait for you to pick it up. And, yes I have had a lady in front of me drop everything out of every pocket in her purse. Embarrassing for her…frustrating for everyone else.
Do you know if you need to remove your shoes, jacket, and belt? If you are TSA Pre, you won’t need to. Otherwise, in the US…you will.
Do you have to remove your laptop or tablet? Know this ahead of time.
This may seem like a no-brainer…but remember to check your flight status before you leave for the airport. If you live far away this might not work. But, for anyone close to their airport this is a crucial step.
Especially if your flight is a long one, your feet will swell. Think about packing a shoe horn in your carry on luggage.
Remember to charge all your devices before you board your flight.
Noise cancelling headphones are your friend on a long flight.
Eye drops come in handy to help wake up after snoozing.
Planning on purchasing a new suitcase or piece of carry on luggage? What you purchase will help determine how light you can pack.
Typically, a 22 inch roller suitcase is considered lightweight if it weighs in under 10 pounds. You’ll see the term ultralight if it weighs around seven pounds.
Seven pounds is good, provided it’s sturdy enough to withstand use and abuse by airlines, baggage handlers, and conveyor belts. You would want one with a decent enough frame to protect your items inside. The rolling duffle bags are good, but keep in mind they don’t have an actual frame.
If you’re going to use it as a carry on bag, you won’t have to think as much about its sturdiness.
Check out brands online, stop at luggage shops, and read reviews by those who travel for a living. Prices, sizes, weights, and usefulness of the bag vary from brand to brand. While the pricier ones are not always better, there is something to be said for buying a quality bag that costs a little more than the cheapest one you can find.
Hopefully you will never be arrested when traveling in a foreign country. But, if that should happen, even for a minor infraction, here are some things to think about and do.
As soon as you are arrested, ask to speak to the American Embassy or US Consulate. According to the State Department, this is a critical step and can’t be skipped. Legally, under the Vienna Convention, you have the right to receive assistance from the United States. Bottom line…keep making the request until it is granted.
Understand, however, the American Embassy is not like a get out of jail free card. They are there to assist you…not clear you of any wrong doings.
Then, ask an officer for a written statement of your rights. Ask for interpreter if necessary. Don’t chance your limited knowledge of a language you don’t easily speak or understand.
Keep in mind, your rights in other countries are going to be very different from those in the US. Also remember when you are in a foreign country…their laws and rules apply.
Try to get a phone call and give pertinent, factual info to that person. This is to alert your family, etc. as to where you are, how an attorney can reach you, etc.
JESSUP CELLARS 2014 TASTEMAKER SERIES TO SERVE UP WILD GOOD TIME WITH RENOWNED FORAGER CONNIE GREEN AND
CHEF SEAN O’TOOLE OF NAPA’S TORC(Yountville, CA, September 24th 2014) — The Jessup Cellars 2014 TasteMaker Speaker Series goes wild on Saturday, October 11th at its Yountville Tasting Gallery with with renowned forager Connie Green and Executive Chef and Owner Sean O’Toole of TORC, one of Napa’s hottest new dining destinations. The forum and tasting’s subject, Foraging ~ Ancient & Modern Flavors from the Untamable World, will explore this delicious culinary adventure on Saturday, October 11th from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at the Jessup Cellars Tasting Gallery in Yountville, California.
While Green will showcase a selection of freshly harvested wild ingredients, Chef O’Toole will feature his Chanterelle Mushroom “HUMMUS” with Autumn Tomato and Dill, and House Eurasian “BOAR HAM” Crostini with Wild Mushroom Tartare and Huckleberry paired with select Jessup Cellars wines. The evening also opens resident artist Cynthia Carey’s Foraged & Found Sculpture exhibiton. Tickets are $75 each and available online atCellarPass.com. Ticket includes interactive forum, meet-and-greet, and wine and foraged food tasting.
“Far, far outside tidy human civilization and agriculture, culinary treasures like porcini, chanterelles, and truffles destined for the French Laundry or NOMA come only from wild places and foragers like me,” says Connie Green, owner of Wine Forest Wild Foods and co-author of The Wild Table. “This ancient craft lingers in our hearts as a legacy from our ancestors and pulls greats chefs like my side-kick Sean O’Toole out of his kitchen at TORC to forage in our great forests.”
Green has been foraging mushrooms, berries, greens and other wild foods for thirty years. As founder of one of the first and one of the largest wild foods businesses in the United States, she has sold ingredients to most of the top chefs in California and around the country including Thomas Keller, Daniel Patterson, Traci des Jardins, Gary Danko, Michael Chiarello, Cindy Pawlcyn, Stuart Brioza and many more.
O’Toole is chef and owner of the recently opened and highly acclaimed TORC in downtown Napa. He has spent more than fifteen years in some of the most noteworthy restaurants in the United States and Europe. At TORC, O’Toole focuses on the region’s bountiful selection of fresh products and his relationships with the people that produce, forage, and glean them. Green has been his foraged food purveyor for nearly twenty years.
About The TasteMaker Series
The TasteMaker Series presents thought leadership forums staged in the Jessup Cellars Tasting Gallery in Napa Valley’s village of Yountville, just a block north of the famed The French Laundry. Each event is integrated with the launch of a thematic art exhibition, bringing together Jessup Cellars wines, food, art and people into fully realized sensory forums. Jessup Cellars Tasting Gallery is located at 6740 Washington St., Yountville, California. To learn more about Jessup Cellars and the TasteMaker Speaker Series visit Jessup Cellars or call 707.944.8523.T
