Break into the travel industry: tips from the travel gurus

Budget Travel with Pauline Frommer, James Sherman and Valarie D'Elia

Looking to break into the travel industry? If so, Center of Communications is one way to keep you informed with industry happenings. I have been on their emailing list for several years, and I can attest to the quality of their panels and events; industry experts are brought in as guest speakers, from various types of media (both traditional and new media), including travel media. This past Tuesday, BUDGET TRAVEL: WRITING ON THE ROAD took … [Read more...]

Press preview event for HomeGoods

The other week, Kwittken & Co. PR company invited me to a preview editor's event for HomeGoods. Since I had previously mentioned HomeGoods in my interior design articles, the invitation came as a delightful surprise. I have always been a HomeGoods fan, therefore to attend in the role of press, covering their new spring & summer theme, was an honor and joy. Besides meeting the wonderful team that worked on the event, I had the chance to … [Read more...]

My favorite 2012 Super Bowl commercials

Super Bowl is so much more than just football. It is perhaps the most watched sports event worldwide and let's face it, it's a huge media event. Yes, there are the die hard fans watching it for the game itself, but then there are much more people watching it for the Super Bowl commercials. There is also the halftime, which this year, Madonna had the honor to perform. It was reported that the most searched word, Super Bowl related, was Madonna ... … [Read more...]

Favorite TV shows

I am not a big TV consumer, however when I do, I admit to having certain favorite types of shows. I love cooking shows, travel shows, home-makeovers and fashion makeovers. To be more specific, I love to watch the Food Network for inspiration, since I enjoy cooking, shows like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and shows like What Not to Wear. To put it in other words, I am a big neat freak that likes haotic things to be put together into one pretty … [Read more...]

Infamous hurricane Irene fails to show up for the party, greatly disappointing New Yorkers

In the midst of mass evacuations, major panic and drastic measures taken, skeptical New Yorkers were disappointed when hurricane Irene failed to show up for the party. Passing through the Caribbean before entering North Carolina, Irene, part of the yearly tropical hurricane season changed its initial projected path of hitting Florida, heading to the North-East coast instead. It was said to be biggest storm threat in NYC in 26 … [Read more...]