I have to hand it to Jane Reilly, my fabulous and enthusiastic publicist. It's certainly nice to have published a book - but you don't get awareness, nor do you sell copies to anyone other than your friends, if you don't have someone fantastic putting the word out there. So this one is for Jane. I am so lucky to have her! This is also the first time I put in writing why I started Buy the Sea. I was working for another cruise broker from 1997-2002. Times were tough after

So grateful to Regina and Laurel at Prevue Magazine for interviewing me and promoting my story to the trades. Although my memoir will hit home with many people, it will be particularly interesting to see how the incentive travel industry reacts. My colleagues, supplier partners, and clients have all experienced loss. Our jobs were in jeopardy and our careers were hanging in the balance. Some of us left travel for other endeavors . Many of us waited for business to come b

Well, whoever she is...at least she is buying challah....which tells me she is not Jewish. Maybe she will even try out a recipe or two! From Hell to Challah is a crisis to healing road trip, reconnection memoir for the COVID pandemic age. The author suffers a mental health break of sorts brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine and this book is her tale of a journey back to health. I had never tried Challah bread and the book did inspire me to buy a loaf at our loc