Professional Experience
Hudson Valley-based travel and food writer and author of Catalog: The Illustrated History of Mail Order Shopping. I blog at Garlic Escapes and I'm writing a book on the history of garlic. I've written about Seoul for lovers of food, design, shopping, theater, and the outdoors; a luxury lodge in Montenegro; women who make shea butter in Uganda, and rug-maker James Tufenkian's resurrection of the rug trade in Armenia. I'm especially fond of Eastern Europe and recently returned from Ukraine and Moldova.
Total Media Industry Experience
24 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
The Atlantic (1-2), Islands (3-5), Afar (1-2), Ensemble Lifestyles (10+), Delta Sky (3-5), Valley Table (3-5)
Other Work History
I was a contributing editor for Lexus magazine for six years; I wrote the hotel column and frequent features.
I worked in direct marketing for twenty years. I was VP at Book-of-the-Month Club and marketing director at Time Inc, Rodale, and Dow Jones.
Foreign Language Skills
Knowledge of Russian and French (working on the Russian, given up on the French)
Computer Skills
Word, Excel
Equipment
Laptop, Casio Digital Camera, new Verizon iPhone,
Associations
Author's Guild
