I feel like myself when I’m here.
She first heard that description from a friend who visited her a few summers ago.
She just felt a warm embrace from the second she stepped off the plane, Gardner said.
A portrait of Heidi Gardner and riding horses while in Santa Barbara.Credit:From left: Courtesy of BriAnne Wills; Courtesy of Heidi Gardner
I feel that way, but I grew up here, so its always felt like that to me.
It’s also home to theArabia Steamboat Museum, highlighting American frontier life.
Also worth checking out:Kansas City Royalsgames at Kauffman Stadium.
Heidi at Hotel No Vacancy in Kansas City with the Chiefs Cheerleaders.Courtesy of Heidi Gardner
I won’t lie: having a world championship football team has helped us, she said.
You give us so much to smile about."
Window or aisle?Window.Castmate who would make the best travel buddy?Ego [Nwodim].
Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim during the “Bowen’s Straight” sketch on SNL.Caro Scarimbolo/Courtesy of NBC
Thats the perfect thing after a show.
I want to go toTokyo DisneylandandSanrio Puroland.
Must-have item in your carry-on?Honestly, a toothbrush.
(L-R) Sarah Sherman, Charli XCX, Marcello Hernandez as Domingo, Heidi Gardner, and Ego Nwodim during the Babymoon sketch on SNL.Will Heath/Courtesy of NBC
I love to just brush my teeth halfway through the flight.
It wakes you up.
When I started there, it was like, Oh my gosh, I’m at Rockefeller Center!'
she recalled of her first season in 2017.
Theres so much to look at, and you think of the history of the building withSNLandThe Tonight Show.
Take a good look around the walls, she said.
Its just really impressive such a beautiful space.
But she said theSNLstaffs latest hotspot is down in the Rockefeller Center basement:Lil Sweet Treat.
It was like me on a group text with my friends, except this is an airline!
Will Heath/Courtesy of NBC
Gardners always been close to the travel world because her mom was a travel agent.
Travel was all around me, she recounted of her childhood.
But I heard a lot of good stories!
I feel so grateful to have been there just a couple months before the fires, she said.
It was a really special trip.
She also keeps it light as an absolute under-packer with the smallest version ofAways The Carry-On.
I do not like over-packing at all anymore, to a fault.
I always have enough underwear and socks, but everything else I’m re-wearing quite a bit.
