Thank you to Curator Hotels and Resorts for inviting me to explore Summer 2021 at Chamberlain West Hollywood. I will be moderating the media panel for the Women in Travel Conference from their hotel, Le Parc Suites Hotel, on July 14, 2021. Video: Welcome to WeHo West Hollywood (WeHo) is busy and buzzy for summer … Continued
Summer News 2020 with We Said Go Travel: I am happy to report that I have GOOD NEWS! I am honored to be a finalist for FIVE Southern California Journalism Awards, including and especially for Online Journalist of the Year. WOW! Thank you to everyone who has supported me and to all of the outlets who … Continued
June News 2020 with We Said Go Travel: Welcome to Summer COVID-19. I have been in Los Angeles since March 9, 2020. That is 112 days. It is the longest I have been in one place that I can remember. I never imagined there would be a summer with no planned trips, no summer camp and … Continued
Bula! Are you wondering where to stay in Fiji? I absolutely loved my overwater bungalow at Likuliku Lagoon Resort. Video 6: Stay in Fiji at Likuliku Lagoon Resort Likuliku Lagoon Resort is a luxury adults-only property on Malolo Island. I arrived on a private boat transfer and love this beautiful location. Make an appointment for … Continued
Ready to be pampered on a five star yacht in Tahiti? You can sail year round with Windstar Cruises in French Polynesia. CEO Hans Birkholz is a fellow University of Pennsylvania grad from the Wharton School and was telling me about their six yachts that are all less than 300 passengers. A very different experience … Continued
Do you have a desire that is so secret it is almost unknown even to you? In Jean Kwok’s Mambo in Chinatown, we have the treat of unraveling the life of Charlie Wong: “My name is Charlie Wong and I’m the daughter of a dancer and a noodle-maker. My mother was once a star ballerina … Continued
All around me I see the red dust of the Zambian earth. I look down and see that my feet are completely covered in it- this is nothing new, the dust here gets into everything and after two months in the village I am used to my feet being permanently caked in red. Sitting on … Continued
He is pleased to see me. From the toothy grin that melts across his weathered face and the way he clasps his hands together in front of his heart before opening his arms to welcome me, that much is clear. I smile back, delighting for the umpteenth time in the so-called language barrier between us, … Continued
The girls sit in a line in front of me, eagerly watching the instructor as he starts to explain the task. He walks around the open hallway in front of them carrying a handful of items that the girls know well, such as an embroidered scarf, a ceramic round water jug and a metal plate. … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Sofie Couwenbergh from Belgium. Thanks for your entry Sofie! My parents, brother and I spent a day in Los Angeles on a two-week trip along the west coast, but that’s not the reason I wanted to go back there because honestly, … Continued