It’s been an interesting transition, moving from being what I’d describe as an old-school freelancer, with some on-going relationships and some one-off work, to being part of the editorial team at two separate ventures, About.com and Luxist, and still handling one-off work for magazines and websites. (Although note bene, IRS, I’m still an independent contractor, [...]
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From Magazines to Web, or The New Media and Me
Posted in Daybook on July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
About.com Culinary Travel Launches!
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, Daybook on April 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been quiet on here lately, because I’ve been buried with the launch details for my latest venture: I’m the new culinary travel guide for About.com.
It’s really the perfect intersection of two of my most favorite activities, traveling and eating — combined with the third, which is writing!
So go on, have a look, the [...]
My Ankle Sprain Chronicles
Posted in Daybook, On Health & Wellness, On Too Much Information, tagged health, life, personal, travel on March 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The story of my chronic ankle sprains and my reconstructive surgery that followed
How to Find Hidden Travel Stories
Posted in Daybook, On Places & Travel, On Writing and The Media on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve ever wanted to be a travel writer, my next Renegade Writer workshop starts April 13th. Here’s a little something I wrote for the Renegade Writer blog about how to find deeper travel stories. My advice: pay attention to what startles you.
Bacon for Dessert, Talk about Pigging Out
Posted in Daybook, On Food & Drink, Travel to Europe, United States Travel, tagged bacon, desserts, food, savory desserts on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A quick overview of the ongoing trend of using bacon in dessert. I was checking out the new cheap eats site, 3 Buck Bites, a new endeavor of Citysearch, when it caught my eye: chocolate-covered bacon at Ronie-Sue’s Bakery in lower Manhattan, which costs a mere dollar.
How a Sunset in Sedona is Like Scuba Diving
Posted in Daybook, On Places & Travel, United States Travel, tagged arizona, scuba diving, sedona, sunset, travel, travel pictures, visit arizona on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was just in Sedona, Arizona a few days ago, and although I’d been twice before, I’d never once seen it in sunlight– the first time I was there, it rained, and the second time, it was night. On this trip, I finally got to see the place in pure broad daylight. I thought Sedona [...]
Bad Trip#2: When Javelinas Attack
Posted in Daybook, On Places & Travel, United States Travel, tagged javelina, javelina attack, visit arizona on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I had never seen a javelina before this fine October morning, captured with my BlackBerry camera.
I was staying at the Boulders resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, whose guest rooms are spread out over the property’s 1300 acres in the Sonoran desert. As I stepped out my door, I spotted another guest, a woman of a certain [...]
Obama Can Save Women’s Lives –This Afternoon
Posted in Daybook, On Health & Wellness, On Politics on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m already covered in goose bumps anticipating the inauguration of Barack Obama later today, but there’s something else that I’m looking forward to more: the expected reversal of what’s known as the Global Gag Rule, also known as the Mexico City Policy.
Conceived of during the Regan administration, the Global Gag Rule prohibits US tax dollars [...]
My Chinese Love Affair
Posted in Asia Travel, Daybook, On Food & Drink, On Judaism, On Too Much Information, tagged chinese food, chinese restaurants in nyc, jewish soul food, soup on January 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There’s one of those memes going around on Facebook right now called “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me”, in which you’re supposed to list, well, 25 little known facts about yourself. I’ve been tagged but haven’t participated because I over think things: I don’t know who knows what about me, and the mental macrame [...]
The Proper Way to Taste Chocolate
Posted in Daybook, On Food & Drink, On Places & Travel, Travel to Europe, United States Travel on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last summer, on a trip to research a food story in Portland, Oregon (did you know that it’s a city that makes your jeans shrink? ) one of my stops was at Cacao, where I learned the proper way to taste chocolate.
Just as you don’t chug down wine to properly taste it, you also don’t [...]
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- KFC Hopes to Sweeten the Pothole March 30, 2009Could potholes be the new billboards? Kentucky Fried Chicken is hoping so with a new marketing and urban renewal program. Last week, as part of the chicken chain's "Fresh Tastes Best" campaign, KFC filled potholes as a private sponsor in Louisville, KY - spray-painting each repair with a stenciled memo: "Re-Freshed by KFC." The fast […]
- Gentleman's Information March 30, 2009I had always wondered about the composition of Charles H. Baker's two-volume set , The Gentleman's Companion. I own a reprint called Jigger, Beaker and Glass: Drinking Around the World with just drink recipes in it, but wasn't sure from what parts of the originals it came. Luckily I belong to a private library that has both volumes of the book […]
- Taste-It Notes: Lickable, Flavored Print Ads March 26, 2009This probably won't save newspapers, but might keep them afloat a few more minutes: lickable ads. The marketing crew behind newspaper ink giant U.S. Ink Corp. have created Taste-It Notes, a peel-and-taste strip, in the same vein as those Listerine strips, that hopes to zazz up the print advertising slump. The company said 1.5 million people have tried T […]
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