Come take a listen to my recent appearance on BlogTalkRadio! I was interviewed about my experience as the on-camera host of a new video series and ebook (coming out soon) called, Travel the Local Way. In my segments, I show the viewers around Los Angeles from my local perspective. We shot at El Matador Beach, hiking with The Tree People, shopping in WeHo, dining in downtown, and so much more. It was a blast to shoot!…
Lately, I have been watching Super Soul Sunday, Oprah™s show on OWN. I find it to be outstanding and inspiring beyond any expectations I have for television these days. Her guests from Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra to Gabrielle Bernstein and Eli Wiesel expand my mind in every episode. A few weeks ago, there was something said that keeps popping up into my head. Oprah asked Jean Houston, ˜what is your definition of the soul?™ Her answer, œthe lure of our becoming. As soon as I heard that I said to myself, “that is the definition of travel to me. I travel for the lure of becoming the best, most true version of myself.”…
Did you ever study abroad? Or did you ever spend some time during your formative years in a place far from home? I did. I studied abroad in Paris during my last year of college. And this summer I went back and retraced my old steps. The experience was like going back in time.…
During college, I was awakened to the life-changing benefits of travel. It started with a trip to Italy, the summer before my freshman year. And then you couldn’t stop me. It seemed I was always finding a way to convince my parents that my next trip was vital. Travel had become central to my life. But it wasn’t until after college, when I had an encounter with an old friend, that I could really pinpoint why it was so important to me. I remember, my Mom was having a party, and I was sitting around with a group of dear, old friends. I had been on a trip earlier that year. And I was telling them all about it. At…
I™m kind of a mutt when it comes to my genealogy. My mom is a blonde-haired, green-eyed babe whose parents are of Northern European descent. Past that, I don™t know many specifics about her side. But my dad is half Lebanese and half Sicilian. And it is my dad™s side of the family who are particularly prideful about our origins. My grandfather would often say, œNever forget your roots. He, himself, was born in Deerfield, Michigan. But his parents were from the northern hills of Lebanon. And he wanted to make sure none of us forgot that. And although I grew up in Los Angeles, far from the Middle East, I don™t speak Arabic and I don™t have many close…
Yesterday, the blog, Positively Positive posted this quote by Joseph Campbell to their Facebook page. I love the quote because it is freeing and rings so true. Immediately after reading Mr. Campbell’s words, I thought about how to apply this to my everyday life – my work life and my romantic life. And then it hit me. This is a perfect piece of advice for traveling. I’ll just change the words around a little:…
