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Mid-September
The Grand Hotel
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Recently I was invited to attend the Family and Friends weekend of none other than, Mr. Color himself, the famed interior designer, Carleton Varney. The lovely weekend took place at one of Varney’s vibrant bastions of glamour, the famed Grand Hotel on Michigan’s charming Mackinac Island. My husband, son and I took the [...]

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July 4th Weekend
Over our Nation’s birthday, I was fortunate enough to have a signing on one of my favorite islands of all time; Nantucket. I want to thank the wonderful people at Nantucket Bookworks for hosting me and putting together a truly wonderful and incredibly generous signing. And then, for keeping my books in the [...]

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The trick to finding the right Hotel, and better yet, the right room!
Selecting the hotel for your next travel destination is too often a source of stress. Heck, you’re going on vacation, shouldn’t it be fun from planning to end? With so many options and multiple sites offering visitor feedback (like Trip Advisor), the decision [...]

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Column writing
Greenwich, CT.
Introducing….“ON THE AVE” – my new column on Greenwich’s PATCH. COM website.
The description is as follows:

About this column:

Each week, “On The Ave” brings us the personalities and sights found on the living, breathing entity known as Greenwich Avenue, home to our main shopping district, town government goings-on, the downtown train station, traffic [...]

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Thursday, December 2nd
Rizzoli Book Store, New York
I felt very blessed to have so many friends, family and colleagues show up at the signing last Thursday night. We sold over 40 books (for $50 a pop that’s great!) and were told it was one of the bookstore’s most successful events of late!  Thank you to Everyone [...]

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Desk-side Surfing
Travel News
Now, even though I’ve just formed a new business that offers bespoke trip consulting, and I firmly believe we are approaching an advent of the Travel Agent in Luxury Travel, I do still favor the web for individual preliminary research. With so much rich content available (though beware, much of it is paid [...]

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September 30, 2010
Dear All,
I’d like to announce my new venture, FRIEND OF A FRIEND CONSULTING (bear with me, the website is a work in progress), a Hotel and Trip consulting business. I specialize in advising small, boutique properties looking to improve their image and attract specific clientele in the luxury market along with designing [...]

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The Canyons Resort
Above Park City, Utah
August 3, 2010
I recently went out to Utah to help shoot some viral videos for a new campaign for The Canyons Resort. They are undergoing some major updates – new trails, a brand new chair lift with heated seats and a great new ad campaign with an alluring contest.
I worked [...]

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NANTUCKET
JUNE 2009
Kate Brosnan kindly had me back on PLUM in Nantucket to chat about my upcoming work with the brand. Despite the brutal weather, we managed to have yet another fantastic conversation. It’s always a pleasure to chat with Kate and I hope she really does travel with me sometime soon.  (Try not to judge [...]

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