If you’re planning that next vacation and you’re wondering why one of your candidate hotels has three stars, don’t get flustered. Certainly this can be a confusing aspect of hotels, and not everyone understands it very clearly. Yes, even once you understand the rationale, everything isn’t quite clear-cut in terms of a discernable difference between [...]
[Continue reading…]The Jacket Desire
Image via Wikipedia Winter — you have learned — is not quite the wonder that’s been promised. Planning a vacation amidst the snow and storms has become difficult: travelers are rushing home for the holiday season; destinations are filled to tourists; and the weather is fickle. Trying to prepare for all of the worries seems [...]
[Continue reading…]Wrinkle Free While Traveling
Image by UKRiT.net via Flickr It’s been an understanding of time and money, a careful planning of days: a vacation has been earned, created by a constant effort. You’ve dedicated yourself to the search for relaxation, have worked hard to ensure it could be found (and that’s a contradiction you’re willing to ignore for now). [...]
[Continue reading…]Vacation Demands: Packing
Image by :: Wendy :: via Flickr It’s the shift of seasons, the arrival of summer — and you’re anxious to leave the city chaos, devote your days instead to thrills. The weeks have been slow, fading into eventual tedium. You and your family need to escape them. There is too much in this world [...]
[Continue reading…]The Joys of Layering: Climate Control
Image via Wikipedia The weather is a capricious thing — willing always to change, to redefine the horizons. Sun and rain can share the same afternoon; snow can transition into breezes. No predictions are enough to fully understand it. Instead it’s dominated by whims that we are forced to simply follow. We try to plan [...]
[Continue reading…]The Advantages of Outerwear
Image by tomhe via Flickr There is something missing in your reflection. It can’t be easily defined, leaves you pondering every curve, every angle. You scrutinize yourself, wondering what could be so lacking, so wrong. An outfit was meticulously formed — planned before you even left for a vacation, packed carefully in your suitcase. There [...]
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