My family is heading out next week to a family wedding in Calgary/Canmore and I can truthfully say I've put more thought into what's going in my Dopp bag than what's going into my suitcase. A big shock there as in the past I would grab a handful of underwear, socks, t-shirts, jeans and stuff them into the suitcase just before leaving. That'll probably happen next week, with the added stress of paying a little more attention to what's going into the suit bag.
After "extensive" research into what software and hardware will be taken (extensive being about two week's of mixing and matching stuff) I've settled on Speick stick and Cella. I shaved off two, one inch chunks of the Speick and two generous scoops of Cella. They're in four re-purposed sample "jars" courtesy of a West Coast Shaving sampler set from the Spring.
I'm taking a Tech, although that might be swapped out for a TTO...still up in the air. A cheapo Omega travel brush is always in the bag, so that's a no brainer.
I have three airline approved liquid containers, one with some Tres Flores Brillantine for the wedding day, one with Vitalis for every other day, and the last one filled with (cue the ominous music), The Veg...ha ha ha, Calgary may have thought the Stampede Stench will have dissipated by the time we get there. Think again, Cowtown!
Blades. Looks like it's a quick stop at the closest Wally World or some pharmacy out there to get Wilkinson's, since my wife is bound and determined to do only carry-on. Lord help me if I were to suggest checking in one piece of luggage just so I can pack some Personna's. "You want to spend twenty five bucks just so you can take blades on the plane?!?!?" Yeah, that ain't happening, kids. I had hoped to take my Valet single edge for a really good wedding day shave, but finding Valet Feathers in Alberta, well, a man's gotta know his limitations.
Honestly I don't know why I'm obsessing over much of this. A shave's a shave, and at the end of the day I'm just the obligatory goofy, drunk uncle making a jackass of himself on the dance floor. And the Brillantine? I'm probably going to be wearing a white cowboy hat through most of the reception. Yee Haw.
I'm looking forward to my first trip out west, as my niece is a sweetheart and also to show her new Albertan relatives not all of us from Ontario are complete morons. That is until I get up and dance to You Shook Me All Night Long. I make no promises after that
After "extensive" research into what software and hardware will be taken (extensive being about two week's of mixing and matching stuff) I've settled on Speick stick and Cella. I shaved off two, one inch chunks of the Speick and two generous scoops of Cella. They're in four re-purposed sample "jars" courtesy of a West Coast Shaving sampler set from the Spring.
I'm taking a Tech, although that might be swapped out for a TTO...still up in the air. A cheapo Omega travel brush is always in the bag, so that's a no brainer.
I have three airline approved liquid containers, one with some Tres Flores Brillantine for the wedding day, one with Vitalis for every other day, and the last one filled with (cue the ominous music), The Veg...ha ha ha, Calgary may have thought the Stampede Stench will have dissipated by the time we get there. Think again, Cowtown!
Blades. Looks like it's a quick stop at the closest Wally World or some pharmacy out there to get Wilkinson's, since my wife is bound and determined to do only carry-on. Lord help me if I were to suggest checking in one piece of luggage just so I can pack some Personna's. "You want to spend twenty five bucks just so you can take blades on the plane?!?!?" Yeah, that ain't happening, kids. I had hoped to take my Valet single edge for a really good wedding day shave, but finding Valet Feathers in Alberta, well, a man's gotta know his limitations.
Honestly I don't know why I'm obsessing over much of this. A shave's a shave, and at the end of the day I'm just the obligatory goofy, drunk uncle making a jackass of himself on the dance floor. And the Brillantine? I'm probably going to be wearing a white cowboy hat through most of the reception. Yee Haw.
I'm looking forward to my first trip out west, as my niece is a sweetheart and also to show her new Albertan relatives not all of us from Ontario are complete morons. That is until I get up and dance to You Shook Me All Night Long. I make no promises after that
