Best packing tip is to find a laundromat near your hotel that will do the laundry for you; much less expensive than the service through the hotel, and they can usually turn it around in half a day. Good luck!
Emma! Your newsletter is so fun and chatty. I love it. So glad you are doing one. Seeing it in my inbox makes me smile. I hesitate to give advice to you on anything but here's a packing tip that helped me (a chronic and habitual overpacker): take out everything you want to bring and put it on your bed (or table or wherever you pack). Then take away (get ready!) HALF. Yes. Half. It is so painful when you do it but it works. And- only bring two pairs of shoes MAX (you get three if you're going to a beach, cause flip flops don't really count- that's a rule I made up).
Or forget all this, pack whatever you want and check that bag! Life is short and overpacking is not a moral failure. I'm coming to see you in DC and will bring a sweater in case you are cold. ;)
When in SA, I highly recommend Best Quality Daughter. The food is outstanding as is the ambiance. Best restaurant sign ever! And, cutest restaurant tote bags! It's just up the street from The Twig bookshop. Wish I were going to be there but I will be reading your book! Happy Book Launch + Tour!
SA, my hometown, swoon! If I could, I would fly down and meet you there and take you to dinner. (Obviously if you are ever in Charlottesville I will take you to dinner here!) People will recommend you eat at one of the new, fancy restaurants at the renovated Pearl Brewery—where we used to drink when I was underage and it was still a brewery (true story: I blacked out and fell down once in the parking lot and can sometimes still see the remnants of gravel in one of my palms)—but I would steer you to La Fonda on Main instead. Beautiful back patio, great Tex Mex, interior Mexican food as well, truly the best margaritas in town. https://www.lafondaonmain.com
Best packing tip is to find a laundromat near your hotel that will do the laundry for you; much less expensive than the service through the hotel, and they can usually turn it around in half a day. Good luck!
Emma! Your newsletter is so fun and chatty. I love it. So glad you are doing one. Seeing it in my inbox makes me smile. I hesitate to give advice to you on anything but here's a packing tip that helped me (a chronic and habitual overpacker): take out everything you want to bring and put it on your bed (or table or wherever you pack). Then take away (get ready!) HALF. Yes. Half. It is so painful when you do it but it works. And- only bring two pairs of shoes MAX (you get three if you're going to a beach, cause flip flops don't really count- that's a rule I made up).
Or forget all this, pack whatever you want and check that bag! Life is short and overpacking is not a moral failure. I'm coming to see you in DC and will bring a sweater in case you are cold. ;)
Breckin Meyer- holy moly! Saw him filming a movie on my college campus 1 billion years ago. The cutest!
I believe in packing cubes, for sure. You have amazing style and always look fantastic. I’m not worried about you one bit!
When in SA, I highly recommend Best Quality Daughter. The food is outstanding as is the ambiance. Best restaurant sign ever! And, cutest restaurant tote bags! It's just up the street from The Twig bookshop. Wish I were going to be there but I will be reading your book! Happy Book Launch + Tour!
SA, my hometown, swoon! If I could, I would fly down and meet you there and take you to dinner. (Obviously if you are ever in Charlottesville I will take you to dinner here!) People will recommend you eat at one of the new, fancy restaurants at the renovated Pearl Brewery—where we used to drink when I was underage and it was still a brewery (true story: I blacked out and fell down once in the parking lot and can sometimes still see the remnants of gravel in one of my palms)—but I would steer you to La Fonda on Main instead. Beautiful back patio, great Tex Mex, interior Mexican food as well, truly the best margaritas in town. https://www.lafondaonmain.com