Shiny new passport (check), properly broken in carry-on luggage (check), a few new tunes added to my Flight Plan playlist on my iPod (check)…its time to roll! I haven’t left the country since (gasp!) February and according to my 2013 travel plan I am well overdue for a journey. So off I go tomorrow for a… Read more
As much as I try not to be, I’m a rule follower. I like order, I like organization (even if you’d never know it by looking at my suitcase packing techniques), I like things in place and needles to say, I like lists. Lists of things, lists of facts, To Do lists and Top 10, 100… Read more
Happy Memorial Day to all of my readers in the US or really anyone who may benefit from this all too rare 3-day weekend in the US. This year I decided to stay put and enjoy a few stress free days in warm Los Angeles. A lazy, bottomless Mimosa brunch with friends, time reading on my… Read more
It couldn’t have been easier, this final part of my in person Passport Renewal Process. Part 1 involved filling out online forms and making an appointment with an automated phone scheduler (that was, by the way, broken the day I used it) to visit the Passport office in Los Angeles. Part 2 involved a wait 3… Read more
A few posts back, I wrote about applying for my passport renewal in person rather than trusting it to the hands of our U.S. Postal system and far-off government workers. Although I had hoped to kick the process off about 10 days ago, I had to postpone my appointment because I had double booked myself that… Read more
