Oh how woefully neglectful I’ve been in keeping up with this, my portfolio blog! It’s definitely been a busy few months, I’ve traveled to Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, Oregon, Sweden and Mexico, and have been very busy working on stories throughout. I also started to write a weekly essay for the most-excellent Perceptive Travel, while [...]
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Catching Up: August, September and October 2009 Stories
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, Asia Travel, On Adventure, On Culture & Trends, On Design & Art, On Food & Drink, On Places & Travel, Travel to Europe, Travel to Latin America, United States Travel on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Heat Seeker, Part 5: Into the Heartland — World Hum, 5/15/09
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Food & Drink, On Places & Travel, United States Travel on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The grand finale, where I find my heat limit in a most unlikely place: Indianapolis!
The Heat Seeker: Eat, Sweat, Love — The Travel Channel’s World Hum
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, Asia Travel, On Adventure, On Culture & Trends, On Food & Drink, On Places & Travel, On Too Much Information, Travel to Europe, Travel to Latin America, United States Travel on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today starts my five-part series for World Hum on my quest for the spiciest food I could take. (And there’s video of me talking about it too!) It’s a story that took several years to research and then a long while to write, but I’m pretty proud of it, so have a look!
Part One: Currywurst [...]
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.
Jewish Barbados? Images to Accompany my Huffington Post Piece
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Culture & Trends, On History, On Judaism, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands, Uncategorized, tagged jewish, religion, travel on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My story about Jewish history in Barbados is up on the Huffington Post. Here are some pictures from my reporting.
Jewish Barbados? Reading about Pirates, Rum and Slavery
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Culture & Trends, On History, On Judaism, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands, tagged jewish travel, religion, reviews, travel on March 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I had a great time doing the background reading for my piece on Jewish Barbados, which is now up on the Huffington Post. Here are my suggestions to learn more.
For more on Jewish history in the Caribbean, check out Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean, by Edward Kritzler, (Doubleday 2008). Lately, visitors to the Nidhe Israel [...]
Go Beyond the Grand Canyon for Views – The Street.com, 3/5/09
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Places & Travel, United States Travel, tagged beautiful views in the southwest, canyon de chelly, monument valley, sedona, travel to arizona on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s my latest column for The Street.com, on great ways to see amazing scenery in Northern Arizona. My working title for the piece was “Big Wow Views”, since I found myself saying, inanely, “wow”, over and over again as I researched this trip last month. I’ve been to a lot of places on this planet [...]
Petit St Vincent Helps Guest Unwind — The Street.com 2/18/09
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Usually, by the time my Street.com column runs on a given destination, I’m in very different scenery –either home in New York, or else in a totally different part of the world.
Well, today is a rare exception, since I’m posting my column on Petit St. Vincent in the Grenadines, from my ocean-view room at Four [...]
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 [...]
Retoxing and Detoxing in Las Vegas: TheStreet.com, 1/27/09
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Food & Drink, On Places & Travel, United States Travel, tagged cocktails, Las Vegas, spas on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Based on intensive first-hand research, herewith are my suggestions for the best places to get a cocktail in Sin City, and the best spas at which you can wash away those sins.
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