Intro 0:55 - This Week's Trip (just how much do these ladies travel?) 1:37 - Piper's Travel comes in two parts; day-job (85% of the time) and author trips 2:12 - "You live in transit Piper." -Gail 2:16 - Piper breaks down her typical (consistent/inconsistent) travel schedule for work 3:00 - "The 'oops' of being scheduled on two projects at the same time => literally flying ocean to ocean each week for six weeks"  -Piper 3:46 - Piper travels to conventions for author stuff: networking, book-signing, teaching and instructing, etc 4:53 - Gail travels as a full-time professional author to essentially a convention a month as well as multiple writing conferences each year and (the thing she hates) two-week long book tours 6:12 - The infamous hellmouth airport of DIA forced Gail to do a 20 minute signing at ComicCon 7:13 - Preferred traveling days (avoid Friday and Sunday) 8:08 - The perks of being a westcoaster in overcoming jetlag - it means you can stay up late and hang out at the bar when you travel east 9:07 - Arrive early, volunteer, meet the staff, and have fun 9:30 - Dead dog party ("secret" post-con meetup the Sunday night after a convention finishes) 10:08 - Main Topic  ->  Kits!  -tea kit  -redeye kit  -sleep kit  -emergency kit ("Piper Repair Kit")  -emergency repair kit (for vintage dresses or corsets)  -makeup kit  -lipgloss kit  -electronics kit 10:54 - Preparing yourself for "the zone of the hotel" -Gail 13:29 - Corset corner (tips and warnings for wearing) 13:53 - "Kits permanently live in their kit state." -Gail   (always packed and ready to go) 15:08 - When do you refill your kits if they're always packed? 15:36 - Adjusting the makeup kit based on season, location, and purpose of visit (keep the basics in there always: base, foundation, eyeliner) 16:44 - "Bigelow and Lipton's are verboten" 17:09 - Varying your kit bag based on its purpose (color and texture); so that you can produce the desired kit when unable to see into a bag 18:46 - kits help organize your "bag of holding's" pocket universe 19:21 - Zippers are king 20:06 - Yay Gadgets!  -Piper -> kit bags from mochithings.com  -Gail -> TravelOn zipper envelopes (great intro to cheaply figure out what sizes/types of kit bags work for you) 24:18 - Piper's been experimenting with silicone (bottles for storing shampoo's, lotions, conditioners, etc) 26:39 - ZojiRushi (Japanese thermos company) food storage mug 28:15 - ZipLock bags are wonderful kit bags too (waterproofing)  -or a garbage bag to become a poncho for your carry-on  -and don't forget to double up your ziplock bags 30:11 – Outro and thanks to:             John Anealio for his song Steampunk Girl