AnneLise in a nutshell: *Writer, Reporter & Senior/Managing Editor *TV Travel Host *Online Travel Consultant *Author of Top 10 Barcelona & books to Scandinavia, Canada, Central America *Wine-Lover *Travel Journalism Teacher at MediaBistro *Media Savvy: Weekly Travel Expert, from CNN & NBC to Real Simple Magazine *A Global Life: Grew up in Europe, Asia & Africa, Schooled in UC Berkeley Join me for the longer version (AnneLise in a clamshell): AnneLise has penned (and wine-tasted) her way across four continents, from Barcelona to Belize City, Calcutta to Copenhagen, and New York to New Orleans. She has written and reported for guidebooks, magazines, websites, and radio/TV, including Wallpaper Magazine, New York Magazine, Conde Nast Traveller, TimeOut, HotelChatter, Jetsetter, Fodor’s, Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, Pulse Night + Day, and About.com. She hosts a weekly travel and food segment for NBC New York Nonstop TV, and has appeared as a travel expert on NBC New York, CNN, Forbes Traveler, Real Simple, Sirius Radio, Clear Channel Radio, Budget Travel, the UK Guardian/Observer, and Self Magazine. Follow her on Twitter: @AnneLiseTravels She’s the author of DK Top Ten Barcelona; and co-author of books to Belize and Guatemala, Spain, Scandinavia, Montreal and Quebec, New York, and California. She was also a lead editor and writer on Make the Most of Your Time on Earth: 1000 Ultimate Travel Experiences, and contributed to The Road Less Traveled, on alternative travel adventures. AnneLise has worked as a Senior and Managing Editor, overseeing a global team of authors, editors, and designers. She is also a Travel Consultant, guiding the launch of successful travel websites and serving as a travel spokesperson for companies. She teaches travel writing at MediaBistro. AnneLise’s three favorite cities? Barcelona, New York, and San Francisco, though not necessarily in that order. En route, she has mastered how to uncork a bottle of vino Rioja in five or so seconds; sipped yak butter tea in the Himalayas (an acquired taste – the salt puckers the lips, and the fat congeals in the throat); embarked on thigh-aching slogs up Maya pyramids; chased cinema – and celebrities – at a New York film festival; and reviewed restaurants, hotels, and nightspots, from Scandinavian ice-palaces (“if the woolen blanket doesn’t warm you up, the burning shot of Aquavit will”) to Brooklyn pizza joints (“Check your pretensions at the door: The slices are fat, and the pink wine’s served in a box.”) You could say that AnneLise has travel in her blood: Her mother is Spanish, from Catalunya, and her father hails from Denmark. She was born in Germany, and spent her youth in Europe, Egypt, Southeast Asia, and the US. AnneLise is fluent in Spanish, and can banter in Catalan. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in English Literature, and then worked as a writer and producer for NBC BayTV in San Francisco before embarking on her travel-writing adventures. In TV land, she produced two live weekly shows on films and books, where she coaxed such names to appear as Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, and, yes, even Dame Edna. These days, AnneLise is based in New York City, the one metropolis that continually rewards her wanderlust (and cravings for steak frites at 4am).http://twitter.com/AnneLiseTravelshttp://www.mediabistro.com/courses/cache/crs5937.aspshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1

     New York City, New York

                   Paris, France

London phone booth, UK

Los Angeles, California

             Valencia, Spain

                 Belize, Central America