Travels With Lulu

Making a Living Traveling the World & TBEX 2013

Marissa — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:24:22 +0000

In the course of my work history, I have been to endless work retreats. There was the sales meeting over three days in Napa Valley, a B2B convention in Copenhagen, numerous product trainings in Germany (at different times for apparel and for software.) In these I even count the four times a year I traveled [...]

The post Making a Living Traveling the World & TBEX 2013 appeared first on Travels With Lulu.

Introducing Lulu & Marissa 2.0

Marissa — Fri, 31 May 2013 22:10:00 +0000

Travels With Lulu has had a new logo for some time, but it’s just now that I am unveiling it to the world! It’s a whimsical illustration created by Charlotte Renon, of the delightful blog charlottedujour.com. She is a talented French illustrator based in London with quite the following, and after reading her blog [...]

The post Introducing Lulu & Marissa 2.0 appeared first on Travels With Lulu.

Prada and The Great Gatsby

Marissa — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:07:15 +0000

Last night was the opening of a special exhibit at the Prada Epicenter in New York, a display of selected costumes from the upcoming film “The Great Gatsby.” Based on the classic book by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey McGuire, among others– and many celebrities like Katy Perry and [...]

The post Prada and The Great Gatsby appeared first on Travels With Lulu.

Traveling Around the World Within a 15-Block Radius

Marissa — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:20:37 +0000

“New Yorkers tend to see the areas around us as not worth exploring.” These were words spoken by Brendan Spiegel, writer and food blogger, at this weekend’s first New York Travel Festival. He spoke at one talk hosted by OffMetro NY, a website guide to getaways from Manhattan one can take without a car. I [...]

The post Traveling Around the World Within a 15-Block Radius appeared first on Travels With Lulu.

A Bookstore For Wanderlusters to Call Home

Marissa — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:27:18 +0000

Idlewild is one of those stores somebody accidentally stumbles across and wonders how for nearly 20 years in this city, she never ventured inside. Ok, so that somebody is me, and I am somebody who adores travel, loves to read, is fascinated by foreign languages, and collects children’s books for Lulu so…it truly is a [...]

The post A Bookstore For Wanderlusters to Call Home appeared first on Travels With Lulu.

These Vagabond Shoes…Are Longing to Stray…

Marissa — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:32:07 +0000

New York, New York– there is no arguing that this city is one of the most coveted travel destinations in the world. How funny it is then, that although I live in the heart of this town, I dream only of traveling elsewhere? I am wrapping it up for Lulu and me to leave again, [...]

The post These Vagabond Shoes…Are Longing to Stray… appeared first on Travels With Lulu.

Wanderlust for the Weekend – South America

Marissa — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:53:57 +0000

South America is very much on my mind lately. This week, a cardinal hailing from Buenos Aires became the Catholic Church’s new pope, a first from the Americas. The other day this song randomly arrested my ears, bringing me back instantly to Rio de Janeiro. It reminded me of the woman I heard singing along with her band [...]

The post Wanderlust for the Weekend – South America appeared first on Travels With Lulu.

Travel and Danger

Marissa — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:44:58 +0000

On Saturday night, I returned home from a writer’s conference to learn of the fate of the missing female tourist abroad in Turkey. I then became deeply disturbed and did not get much sleep for most of the night. On Tuesday night I came home from Nomadic Matt‘s book launch here in New York, only [...]

The post Travel and Danger appeared first on Travels With Lulu.

Marissa — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:46:46 +0000

“After weeks on the road, listening to a language you don’t understand, using a currency whose value you don’t comprehend, walking down streets you’ve never walked down before, you discover that your old ‘I,’ along with everything you ever learned, is absolutely no use at all in the face of those new challenges, and you [...]

The post appeared first on Travels With Lulu.

“Thailand, Turkey, & Tanzania” – NYT Travel Show 2013

Marissa — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:21:10 +0000

The New York Times Travel Show was this past weekend at the Jacob Javitz Center here in New York City. My second year attending, it’s always interesting to learn what’s new in travel, and to see which destinations and tourism boards carry the loudest voices beckoning travelers to visit (a few to note: Mexico, Ecuador, [...]

The post “Thailand, Turkey, & Tanzania” – NYT Travel Show 2013 appeared first on Travels With Lulu.