{"id":34279,"date":"2019-09-25T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=34279"},"modified":"2019-09-05T13:44:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T20:44:42","slug":"whats-in-my-bag-nicole-harkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-bag-nicole-harkin\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s in my bag? \u2014 Nicole Harkin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nicole Harkin<\/a>\u00a0is an award winning writer, photographer, and podcaster in Washington, DC. Nicole\u2019s first book was\u00a0Tilting, A Memoir<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>about growing up in Montana with parents in the airline industry. \u201cA complex jumble of quirky characters and memorable moments.\u201d She produces a podcast called\u00a0Project Ungoverned<\/a>\u00a0about the state of online education internationally. She recently co-produced a podcast series with the DC non-profit,\u00a0REACH Incorporated<\/a>. REACH empowers low-income DC kids as mentors while improving their literacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colour Paint<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($19)<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m a writer, photographer, and a mom. What\u2019s in my bag revolves around the third thing: Mom. I loved the idea of having watercolors and paint brushes in a waterproof bag, so I started carrying them everywhere. Using watercolors isn\u2019t always an option, so I have a set of quality markers too. The pictured pack of markers is no longer produced but the concept is great: lots of colors to draw with. Don\u2019t forget quality paper. It makes a difference. I use a\u00a0Travelogue Watercolor Book<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for our paper because of the shape.\u00a0And really any paint brushes will do. The watercolors come with one small brush, but carry more than one because people like to paint.<\/p>\n

Stojo Pocket Cup<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($15)<\/strong>
\nI have dedicated myself to only getting coffee to go if I have a reusable cup. I just bought this silicone fold up cup and love it.<\/p>\n

Tempo Tissues<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($18\/30pk)<\/strong>
\nTissue packs from Germany are better quality than US tissues, so my German friends send them to us when we run out. I also carry earplugs everywhere I go along with lipstick and chapstick in the little gray bag that is pictured. My brother got the felt bag from JetBlue and gave it to me because I loved it. It\u2019s the perfect size to carry a few small items. I also always carry Vaseline. The container pictured here is from Denmark in a nice round tub. There are many uses for this stuff when you are out and about!<\/p>\n

Kikkerland Mini Dry Erase Board<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($12)<\/strong>
\nMy kids need to work on their math skills and this little wipe board has been a ton of fun. We use it to pass the time waiting for things to happen, rather than looking at screens.<\/p>\n

Also pictured is a mini USB to Apple Lightening cable. This little guy works great in a pinch and was designed to go on your key chain. I just put it in the little gray bag. The little white speaker is another fun way to make friends or pass the time with kids. We listen to a lot of podcasts in this house.<\/em><\/p>\n

About the bag<\/strong>
\nMy bag is a\u00a0Sandqvist bag<\/strong><\/a>, and it was made in Sweden. I loved the color and it turns out it is machine washable, so that has been a bonus.<\/p>\n

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What’s in my bag? issue #16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2303],"tags":[1553],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34282,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34279\/revisions\/34282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}