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Catching Up: August, September and October 2009 Stories
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, Oreg… more →
A Very Curious Mind
Catching Up: August, September and October 2009 Stories
alisonwellner wrote 1 month ago: Oh how woefully neglectful I’ve been in keeping up with this, my portfolio blog! It’s de … more →
The Heat Seeker: Eat, Sweat, Love -- The Travel Channel's World Hum
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alisonwellner wrote 6 months ago: Today starts my five-part series for World Hum on my quest for the spiciest food I could take. (And … more →
White House Vegetable Garden: Alice Waters' Victory?
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alisonwellner wrote 8 months ago: In today’s Huffington Post, I look at the role that famed restaurateur Alice Waters has played … more →
Jewish Barbados? Images to Accompany my Huffington Post Piece
alisonwellner wrote 8 months ago: My story about Jewish history in Barbados is up on the Huffington Post. Here are some scenes from my … more →
Burqas, Made into Evening Bags? --The Huffington Post, 2/4/09
alisonwellner wrote 9 months ago: I attended the New York International Gift Fair last week, where I was completely taken by a line of … more →
Why I Can't Go to a Topless Bar in Vegas
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alisonwellner wrote 11 months ago: I'm going to Las Vegas tomorrow, and so over the past few weeks have squeezed in a little backgr … more →
The Dirty Parts of Clean
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alisonwellner wrote 12 months ago: I really loved this piece by Katherine Ashenburg in Bookforum, about the dirty parts of bathing publ … more →
A Warning To All You Thankful --Huffington Post, 11/23/2008
alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: So, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and already many of us are not only thinking about exactly what … more →
Toronto Arts Scene Gets A Big Boost --The Street, 11/21/08
alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: Here's my latest column on planning an arts-filled weekend in Toronto –which includes a st … more →
Daybook: Exploring Dark Travel
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alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: Whether you call it slum tourism, poorism, reality tourism or dark travel, the idea is t … more →
Live Like Anne Frank --& Other Strange Travel Fantasies --The Huffington Post, 11/19/2008
alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: In Amsterdam, there is a two-bedroom apartment for rent, just opposite the Anne Frank House. This is … more →
"Rough Luxury" & Our Strange Travel Fantasies
alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday, Hotel Chatter brought me word of a new "anti-five star" hotel in London, called … more →
Daybook: Foreign Signs are HILARIOUS!
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alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: The Telegraph has a really fun slide show of street signs from around the world that are unint … more →
Daybook + Huffington Post: Anti-Condo Art in Toronto
alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: (x-posted at Huffington Post) A few more pics from the installation and from my Toronto trip on Flic … more →
Daybook: Poppies are for Remembering in Toronto
alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: I first noticed the poppies on the flight in to Toronto from New York City, affixed to the lapels of … more →
Daybook + Huffington Post: Is Ivory Always Wrong?
alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: This is x-posted on Huffington Post: Yesterday, South Africa held a controversial auction: of elepha … more →
Daybook: Traveling as an Unapologetic American
alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: What will President-Elect Obama mean for travel? Perhaps depress the sale of Canadian flag pin … more →
Daybook: Groomzilla, Too!
alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: Just an additional note to my earlier post: while it's the brides that are motivated to picket b … more →
Daybook: Bride in Stress, Where's My Dress?
alisonwellner wrote 1 year ago: Maybe it's because I watched that incredibly horrible Katherine Heigl movie 27 Dresses on TV las … more →
