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Meet Brette Sember: Tasty Travel Tuesday

Brette Sember
Brette Sember

Two weeks ago, you met five new contributors to A Traveler’s Library. Today you meet a SIXTH.  Brette Sember will be joining us each month for a feature called Tasty Travel. Do you plan your trips around food? Do you find yourself talking about the food on the trip when you get home? Do you like to recreate the dishes you sampled? Then Tasty Travel is for you. We could not have a better person talking to us about food and travel.  The super-productive and energetic Brette is launching THREE cookbooks this year.  She has loads of other books to her credit, which you can learn about at her web site, linked above. AND she loves to travel.  But let’s talk directly to Brette and see what she has to say. Continue reading Meet Brette Sember: Tasty Travel Tuesday

Meet Edie Jarolim: Pet Travel Thursday

Edie Jarolim with Frankie
Edie Jarolim with Frankie

I have known Edie Jarolim, a fellow Tucsonan, for several years now, and have always been in awe of her skill and her accomplishments as a writer, so I am absolutely delighted that she will be a contributor to A Traveler’s Library on a regular basis. [UPDATE: Edie no longer writes our Pet Travel column, but I am happy to say she will still be an occasional contributor to A Traveler’s Library. She is still writing Will My Dog Hate Me, but she also has a fascinating website called Freud’s Butcher, which I encourage you to check out.]

When I first met her, Edie was a travel writer who would go anywhere at the drop of a hint. Her life  changed when she got her dog Frankie, but thank goodness she is still weaving words.  We wanted you to meet Edie and Frankie, so we sent a few questions their way.  Since this was originally written, Frankie has departed and Edie’s companion is now the intrepid Madelaine. Continue reading Meet Edie Jarolim: Pet Travel Thursday

Ground Breaking Jordanian Film

A Movie for Troubled Times in the Arab World

Destination: Jordan

Movie: Captain Abu Raed (2009) written and directed by Amin Matalqa

A Guest Post by Jane Boursaw

You know a movie is good when you’re still thinking about it years later. Such is the case with Captain Abu Raed, a touching, uplifting film I saw at the Traverse City Film Festival in 2008. Continue reading Ground Breaking Jordanian Film