I love Alka Joshi’s books. I wrote about The Henna Artist A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick (The Jaipur Trilogy 1) and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy Book 2) and her new book, The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy Book 3) is available TODAY! The Perfumist of Paris takes readers to 1970s Paris where Radha, a passionate assistant perfumer is trying to navigate her home life while building her career one scent at a time. Radha travels back to India in search of essential oils for her first major project and enlists the help of her sister, Lakshmi, and the courtesans of Agr ..read more

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Thank you Christie Tate for joining me on my podcast! Learn how to be your own B.F.F. -A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found from Christie Tate! I also loved her first book, GROUP, you can read about it here. Christie Tate is a Chicago-based writer and essayist. She has been published in The New York Times (Modern Love), The Rumpus, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Eastern Iowa Review, and elsewhere. Kiese Laymon selected her essay, Promised Lands, as the winner of the New Ohio Review’s nonfiction cont ..read more

l will be speaking THREE TIMES in DALLAS at the Travel and Adventure Show 2023! Meet me Sunday, April 2, 2023 in the Savvy Traveler Theater at 3:00pm for my talk: “Becoming Brave– Steps to Make Your Dream Vacation Happen” Meet me at the Dive & Water Sports Pavilion SAT APRIL 1 and SUN APRIL 2, 2023 to talk about how “SCUBA Changed My LIFE: Diving Adventures AROUND the WORLD” on behalf of PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors) “SCUBA Changed My LIFE: Diving Adventures AROUND the World” SAT APRIL 1 — 11:30am and SUN APRIL 2 — 12:45pm Show Location: Dallas Market Hal ..read more

Thank you Pip for inviting me on your podcast, Travel Goals Podcast for Travel through the ages – why adventure isn’t just for young people! Travel is for EVERYONE! Do you want to have more adventures but don’t know where to begin, travel expert, author and YouTuber Lisa Niver is here to help! In this episode, Lisa discusses how you can make your travel dreams come true and have adventures through the ages, no matter your age or travel experience. Adventure travel has long been advertised with pictures of bright-eyed and wrinkle-free young travellers sporting heaving backpacks and tie-dye tro ..read more

Your VIRTUAL PASS to Women’s Travel Fest 2023 is AVAILABLE! CLICK HERE View this post on Instagram A post shared by Women’s Travel Fest (@womenstravelfest) Meet the 2023 Speakers The Women’s Travel Fest | March 3-5, 2023 Founder, Travel Fashion Girl Alexandra Jimenez Alex is the founder of Travel Fashion Girl. For over 10 years, it has helped women travel carryon only in a stylish and efficient way. TFG empowers female travelers with the confidence to live fearlessly, embrace style, and collect moments, not things. Alex is also a frequent guest on podcasts and a conference speaker ..read more

Thank you to Travels with Darley for joining me on my podcast! Lisa and Darley at the NYC Travel and Adventure Show Feb 18, 2023 Recognized in Forbes for her “PBS Travel Empire,” Darley Newman is the creator and host of Emmy Award-winning series “Travels with Darley” and “Equitrekking” broadcast on PBS, Amazon Prime, Ovation TV JOURNY, Wondrium and networks in over 85 nations. Having led production teams in over 25 nations and 26 states, her filmmaking adventures include traversing one of the world’s largest salt pans in Africa, free diving in South Korea, swimming with sh ..read more

Thank you to Lisa Genova, Empathy Warrior, Author and Neuroscientist, for joining me on my podcast! Lisa’s mission: “My purpose in my writing is to humanize and to engender empathy and compassion for people who have neurological issues.“ Ask yourself like Lisa does: “what would I do if I didn’t have to care about money or what anyone thought?“ Enjoy our interview on your favorite PODCAST platform or the transcript below: Lisa Niver: This is Lisa Niver from We Said Go Travel. And I am so honored and delighted and excited to have the most incredible author, neuroscientist, Mom, yogi here with m ..read more

Thank you to the Jewish Journal for publishing me online for over twelve years. Since they resumed print publication in Fall 2021, I have been in the Blog Bytes section more than thirty times! Here are the two issues that I was in during Jan 2023: Jewish Journal Jan 6, 2023: p. 28— From my Happy Holidays Dec News: At our house we lit the Chanukah candles and I love how every religion celebrates a festival of lights at this time. We all need HOPE especially when we feel we are alone in the DARKNESS. I hope your 2022 celebrations have brought joy, light and warmth to your heart. Jewish J ..read more

l will be speaking in LOS ANGELES at the Travel and Adventure Show! Meet me Saturday, February 18, 2023 in the Savvy Traveler Theater at 3:15pm for my talk: “Becoming Brave– Steps to Make Your Dream Vacation Happen” I will be speaking LIVE at FOUR of America’s Favorite Travel Shows! Come see me at  The Travel & Adventure Show 2023 I spoke in CHICAGO –Jan 14-15 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center NEW YORK CITY – January 28-29 at the Javits Convention Center NEXT: LOS ANGELES— February 18-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center DALLAS–April 1-2 at the Dallas Market Hall&nbs ..read more