 | Stacey R Wittig
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www.vagabondinglulu.com
www.wittigwriter.blogspot.com
www.girlsadventureguide.blogspot.com
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For the past 30 years, Stacey Wittig has traveled to exciting destinations and has written about them. A freelance writer and photographer based in Flagstaff, AZ, her culinary adventures have led her up the Inca Trail in Peru eating fried caterpillars and roasted guinea pig, across the plains of northern Spain on El Camino de Santiago enjoying tapas and steamed barnacles, and through the vineyards of Cinque Terre sipping Chianti Classico.
The award-winning writer and photographer launched her career in travel writing after a successful 30-year stint in media sales. Arizona Daily Sun, Arizona Vines and Wines magazine, Dockside Magazine, Flagstaff Business News, Lake Erie Lifestyles magazine, Passport News International Luxury Travel, Southwest Newspapers, USA Today Travel and others have published her pieces.
National Geographic Traveler online, Arizona Daily Sun, QWEST Dex Travel Section and others have published Wittig's photos of off-the-beaten-path destinations.
As a savvy social media hack, she "tweets" as Travelwriter, talks travel on Facebook, blogs on TrueVineWineBlog.com, Vagabondinglulu.com and GirlsAdventureGuide.blogspot.com and is a coveted foodie for "TasteCasting" events at local restaurants. Wittig is the National Hiking Examiner at examiner.com. Invited to be a guest blogger on Birdchick.com, she earned a readers' favorite award. For two consecutive years she has received NATJA awards for her travel pieces.
A life-long learner, Wittig now dabbles in video and completed the Walter Cronkite School of Business Journalism's workshops, "How to Look Good On-Air" and "A Business News Video in a Day."
"The Grand Canyon State is a remarkable place to call home," declares the wandering writer who loves sour cream enchiladas at El Charro Restaurant in Flagstaff, AZ.
Published Articles
USA Today Travel: RV Camping at Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a popular destination for people with active lifestyles. RV camping is a convenient way to ensure you will always find lodging. Much like the desert tortoise, RV campers carry their shelter right along with them...
National Geographic Traveler: Tanzania's Swahili Coast
Photo by Stacey Wittig appears in National Geographic Traveler. Similar high-quality photos available for purchase or with article assignment.
Take the Guys on this Girls Getaway
This piece reprinted in Lake Erie Lifestyle magazine won the NATJA Cleveland Plus CVB Grand Prize Award for 2009. It was reprinted again in 2010 in TravelWorld International Magazine. Talk about a "sticky" story! Photos and story by Stacey Wittig.
TravelWorld: Take the Guys on this Girl's Getwaway
I love "Girls' Getaway Weekends." This mode of travel has become trendy in recent years. The girls-only weekend escape usually entails activities that the guys don't always appreciate: shopping, swapping gossip or sipping girlie drinks at country retreats. The getaways are so fun that I have to admit; sometimes I wish my hubby were along ...
Classic European Chef Integrating Local Foods
There is a good deal of buzz around the Southwest about Chef John Sharpe of the Turquoise Room Restaurant in Winslow. Located inside La Posada, the magnificent 1930 hacienda- style inn on a remote stretch of historic Route 66, the restaurant has been reborn by Chef Sharpe and his sumptuous ...
In search of Bigfoot: Fact or Fiction?
So what's the deal with Big Foot? Is he real? Is he simply a fabrication? Or is "he" maybe a "she?"
But seriously, haven't you ever been a bit curious about the Big Foot thing? The videos of the hairy beast crashing through the Oregonian forest... sightings by reputable sources... the many people that believe.
Here are four Big Foot adventure tours that will bust the myth or not. Discover Big Foot for yourself on these travel adventures. Don't forget your camera.
Obama Slept Here: The InterContinental Montelucia Resort and Spa
President Obama is scheduled to speak tomorrow in Mesa, AZ a suburb of Phoenix. Rumors have it that he will be spending the night at The InterContinental Montelucia Resort and Spa near Camelback Mountain. The President should be well rested as all the beds and mattresses at the elegant, luxury resort were custom-made to exacting specifications. Baptized "Divine Beds," they are dressed in Egyptian-cotton sheets and fabrics designed with the soulful colors of a Moroccan sunset ...
Chocolate - What's Love Got to Do With It?
During Valentine's week, consumers will buy more than 58 million pounds of chocolate candy, ringing up $345 million in sales. That will account for 5.1 percent of total annual sales of chocolate, according to Nielsen, a company measuring customer behavior. But what do Valentine's Day and love have to do with chocolate? According to Jenny ...
Wines Two Turns of the World Away
True Vine Wine Blog: It's pretty amazing to think that wine made two turns of the world away can be found in this little town of ...
Beer Lovers Choose Cans and Keep Microbreweries Hopping
"The original concept about beers in cans was cheap, watered-down rice beer, right?" said Grand Canyon Brewing Company owner John Peasley, smiling in his Williams, Ariz. brewery. Colorado beer manufacturer Oskar Blues turned that around; those guys only do cans. Award-winning Oskar Blue revolutionized the microbrewery world by canning handcrafted beers ...
Birdchick Guest blogger: What is the Difference Between Ravens and Crows?
This article won a reader's choice award. It also got quite a bit of "travel" with all the reader's comments.
Girl's Arizona Adventure: Fish Pedicure?
Adventure girls who love to fish are trying something new this angling season: pedicures done by small, finned friends. Yes, stick your phalanges in the pedicure bath and LIVE fish eat away the ...
Go See Arizona: Only Minutes Away - Step Back 1000 Years in Time
You drive only 7.5 miles east of bustling downtown Flagstaff to Exit 204 and adventure south three miles to the quiet Walnut Canyon rim. There you find what some local anthropologists call the best little museum on the ancestral Puebloan culture. The small amount of time that you'll invest in the museum ...
Sneak Preview of Benchmarking Workshop in London
This piece appeared in The Papyrus, magazine of the International Association of Museum Facility Administrators.
Foodie's Paradise on Old Route 66
This article appeared in print in my travel column in the Pinewood News. It was reprinted by Gallup Journey Magazine and appeared on their website for 24 months.
Travelodium: Phoenix, AZ
Best of Phoenix, AZ
Uncover Hidden Mysteries At New Mexico's Bandelier
Guide book. Photos and tour script by Stacey Wittig.
Visual Travel Tours: Santa Fe - Culture Fusion
Photos and tour script by Stacey Wittig.
4 Smart Tips on How to Travel Light
This article first appeared at ezinearticles.com and was picked up by "Tourisms" and Wave Journey.
Sleep with a Bit of Arizona Under Your Pillow
Shadowing John Wesley Powell: On the 140th anniversary of the first Canyon expedition, modern boaters travel in style
Historic travel: 7-day wilderness river rafting adventure through the Grand Canyon. Photos and article by Stacey Wittig.
Jeep Tour Companies Find Niche in Northern Arizona
Business slant on tourism featured in Flagstaff Business News.
Labor Day: Discover the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park
Brave unforgiving whitewater in the Colorado River, soar above towering canyon walls and then descend like an eagle. IMAX Experience's photo techniques and laser-focused surround sound put you right inside the Grand Canyon. Only 35 minutes long, the IMAX film is projected on a six-story high screen ...
Etiquette for Arizona Archaeological Sites
When hiking in Phoenix and other places in Arizona, it is not unusual to unexpectedly come across archaeological sites. Many are marked with signs and many more are not.
When you come across archaeological sites in Arizona, there is etiquette that you should follow. All sites are fragile, non-renewable cultural resources and protected by law ...
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