![]() ![]() "I always, always bring back-up entertainment just in case, usually whatever I can download from Netflix. I'm also somewhat of an anxious flier, and this app helps me tune out and pretend I'm falling asleep in a tent upstate, rather than hurtling through the air." -Katherine LaGrave, Senior Digital Editor As the name indicates, many are rain-themed-I'm a fan of "Rain on a Tent" and "Rain Downpour"-but there's much, much more to choose from, including the sounds of an ocean bonfire, a shih tzu snoring, blizzard wind, and a harbor storm. An app for Android and iOs, it has more than 70 high-quality sounds to help you sleep. Before I land, I dab RMS Beauty’s "un" cover-up under my eyes: The slight shimmer makes me look more awake than I am." -Lauren DeCarlo, Deputy Editor I literally become my own personal assistant. ![]() Or a reminder to bring the car to get inspected. I always have a Moleskine agenda with me, so I’ll set due dates for stuff I know I’ll have to do but always put off until it’s too late-like order Christmas cards. "I binge on Pod Save America-last flight I listened to at least five in a row-or I’ll go deep on Fresh Air and dig up ones I somehow missed. The book, because my list is too long The Economist because you can pick it up and put it down dozens of times in a flight podcasts for falling asleep and the pen to fill out customs forms and the occasional in-flight magazine sudoku puzzle." - Ryan Craggs, Contributing Digital Editor "A book, a copy of The Economist, enough podcasts to last the whole flight, and a pen. "I’m always sure to have an episode of Brideshead Revisited downloaded on my laptop-should those bumps get too uncomfortable something about the theme music always calms my jitters." -Louis Cheslaw, Editorial Assistant And I always bring a tennis ball that I can wedge between my shoulders and the backrest to work out any kinks that develop from sitting for so long." - Andrea Whittle, Associate Editor They make my skin feel slightly less blah, but I also spray them all over myself because they help counteract the stale, potato-chippy eau de airplane that lingers on my clothes-without being so cloying or heavy as to piss off my seatmates. ![]() "I keep a little bottle of light, delicious-smelling face mist on hand (right now I love Kerstin Florian Neroli Water and Fig + Yarrow Complexion Water). And then short fiction in case my attention span is too start-and-stop: A Grace Paley Reader." -Phil Falino, Video Producer/Editor An ambitious bucket-list read for a challenge-next up is John Dos Passos’s U.S.A. Then a newish non-fiction: The Invention of Nature. First, an old narrative/escapist favorite like Vineland. My brain and body won’t know until I’m in the seat what they want and what will sustain me through the entire flight. ![]()
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