Coffee Break: Travel Steam Iron
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With linen season and all its wrinkles almost upon us, this seems like a good time to share this fun product: a travel iron that doesn't need an ironing board, the Nori Press.
I think the idea of it is brilliant — it kind of reminds me of a hair straightener or other hair tool, but it's for your clothes.
They claim it's 2x faster than other irons because you can iron both sides at the same time, and has a built in steamer. It only weighs 1.5 lbs (and is 14″ in length) so if you like crisp clothes while you travel, it's an easy fit. It heats up in 30 seconds and has an automatic shut off.
The Nori Press is $120 at spots like Amazon, Nordstrom, Target, the Container Store, (and more!) and Nori.co.
Psst: if you're not a fan of ironing, here was our last discussion on how to avoid ironing.
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Has anyone traveled to Morocco, Portugal, Greece or Turkey over winter break? I am thinking about taking a one week international trip with my teenagers over the school break and would like to check out a city in a European country I have never been to before. I am open to other suggestions as well. We are flying from the Seattle area, so no place is going to be that direct, but colder weather is totally fine for us. Any suggestions or recommendations are appreciated. The places we’ve been to and enjoyed are London, Barcelona, Paris, Rome and Venice.
No, but can I recommend Croatia? We loved it, especially Dubrovnik and Split!
I went to Morocco in December (many years ago). It was sunny and beautiful, but definitely chilly, especially at night. And ESPECIALLY in the desert overnight! We had a great trip though, I would recommend. I would 1000x rather be slightly cold than super hot.
Portugal, Morocco and a Turkey should be good at that time of year. If you want to do islands in Greece I’d do more research as things can be pretty shut down there in the offseason.
I’ve been to Portugal and Turkey with kids (different time of year though). I think Turkey probably has more to appeal to teens.
I bought a Nori iron when they first came out maybe five years ago and promptly returned it. It’s heavy and awkward to use and can’t get into smaller corners. I think it’s an attempt to have the ease of use of a steamer with the precision of an iron but it fails at both.
Would appreciate some thoughts from people on this board who have a spouse/partner who ends up getting promoted to a more demanding job. Did the added stress on their life (and therefore your life) make you want to step back a little in your own work? As the person who was primary breadwinner for a long time and basically reached the career goals (took over 20 years of working, but still made it), I’m now in a position where my spouse will be earning more and we don’t have any real money concerns and I’m wondering if I should try and lean out a little (but not too much since I need to bill hours) just for my own sanity. Kids are teenagers and we have maxed out their 529 plans. Has anyone else been in this position and if so, what did you do?
how old are you and what does the rest of the picture look like – any debt? retirement savings? post-tax savings? net worth goals?
What will make you happiest on your deathbed?
This is when we got a house manager/’driving nanny’ in addition to weekly cleaners. The nanny did all the tween/teen drop-off and pick ups as well as light around the house chores (laundry, returning packages, picking up prescriptions, dropping off dry-cleaning, midweek shopping trips, etc.). It was really helpful to both of us to have time off be family time vs. having to clean/do chores after both working all week.
What surgeries would you get done in a stand-alone outpatient surgery center? Like what happens if something goes wrong? When I was pregnant, the actual hospital where I had my baby stressed how they were well staffed and could handle any emergencies 24/7. I guess the plan in other settings is just to hope for no emergencies? My sense is that surgery centers exist because the doctors own them and don’t have to share fees with the loss-leaders in a full hospital, like having an ER and dealing with indigent care, which is not a pro-patient rationale for this set-up.