This is Fresh Air contributor Anne-Marie Baldonado.
I talked with actor Cole Escola about their hit Broadway play, Oh Mary.
Cole plays an unhinged, alcoholic Mary Todd Lincoln, who's an aspiring cabaret performer.
If that makes no sense, that's part of the point.
You can find my interview on the Fresh Air podcast.
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Hey, it's Marielle.
It is truly annoying to be on vacation and have to buy something you already have at home
because you forgot to bring it.
But what's worse,
that or coming back from a trip with aching shoulders from lugging around that huge suitcase and realizing you didn't even touch half the clothes you brought.
Packing for a trip is hard to get right.
And if you get it wrong,
that can make an already unpleasant travel day go off the rails or send you into a tailspin in a foreign country.
Christine Sarkis at the travel website Family Vacationist says she has a rule of thumb.
You want to make sure that everything you're carrying is worth the stress of carrying it.
When you heed that advice and you bring what you'll actually use and nothing more,
the whole trip tends to go more smoothly.
On this episode of Life Kit, Christine and other travel experts are going to give us packing advice.
They'll teach us how to customize our packing lists depending on our group,