Selected writing samples

Click on any of the links below to view selected samples of my writing and editing, or contact me to get more information about your specific writing and editing needs.

Magazines

easyJet Traveller

• The best restaurants in Amsterdam

British Airways High Life

• A walking tour of Amsterdam

Inside Rotterdam

• Getaway: Hamburg

Unearth Women

• The Ugandan Vet Saving Gorillas and Empowering Local Communities

PAX Magazine

• Sea, Smoke and Fire:
  The Ancient Seafood Traditions of Ise-Shima, Japan  
  (2017 TMAC award for best food or drink feature)
• Where the Wild Things Are:  Thailand’s Elephant Hills camps  bring visitors to the heart of the rainforest
  (2015 TMAC award for outstanding achievement in an environmental and responsible travel story)

S-Magazine

• Five Wellness Treatments to Up Your Spa Travel Game
• Apres All Day: Iceland’s Geothermal Pools
• Golden Girl: An interview with Olympic ski-cross gold medalist Marielle Thompson

Hitched Magazine

• Traditional Chic
• Bridesmaid Getaway: Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country

Ageless Living Magazine

• Phoenix, Rising
• Las Islas Marietas: A Surprising Eco-Adventure on Mexico’s Pacific Coast
• Travel Like Royalty on Portugal’s ‘Coast of Kings’

Newspapers

The Vancouver Courier

• An Islay Adventure on Vancouver Island
• Street Art Goes Mainstream in Houston, Texas
• No Limes, Please: Slow Sipping with a Tequila Sommelier
• Life in Kerrisdale
• Pleasant Mount Pleasant

The Globe and Mail

• Waiter, There’s an Egg in My Wine
• Signing Off On Married Me
• Leapin’ Lizards: Too Close to Nature
• Taken Prisoner by the Havana Loo Lady

Online

National Geographic

• The Essential Guide to Visiting Amsterdam

Time Out

• The best art galleries and museums in Amsterdam
• The best bars in Amsterdam

Read the rest of my work for Time Out

World Footprints

• The Saanich Peninsula: A Family Farm Haven on Vancouver Island (2019 TMAC award, second place in the Best Coverage of a Host Destination category)
• Shooting Stars and Shay in Jordan’s Dana Biosphere Reserve

G Adventures

• 8 Czech UNESCO Sites and Traditions Beyond Prague

BCLiving

• Your Guide to a Girlfriends Getaway in Parksville
• 5 Must-visit Oliver Osoyoos Wineries for Foodies

Roads & Kingdoms

• Finding the Perfect Cocktail and the Perfect Retirement Goals in One Day
• A Tiny Beer is the Perfect Escape Hatch for Bad Bars and Bad Dates
• There Are No Polite Canadians When It Comes to Grape-Stomping Glory

PAX News (travel trade)

• Copenhagen sees tourism boost from IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
• Tourism thrives on openness to the world: Merkel opens ITB Berlin
• On the Trudeaus’ trail in Ise-Shima, Japan

Hootsuite Blog

Social media strategy, advice, and tips for the world’s most widely used social relationship platform. Read all my posts here. 

YP Dine

A Yellow Pages micro-site/app featuring insider tips for great things to see, eat, and do in Vancouver. Read all my posts here.

REW.ca

The online arm of Vancouver’s largest real estate newspaper.

• Five Great Things about Living in Sechelt
• Five Great Things about Living in Richmond
• Five Great Things about Living in North Vancouver
• Five Great Things about Living in Oakridge

Books

• The Hands-On Guide to Surviving Adult Children Living at Home
  Role: Author 

• Inspired Cooking featuring recipes from 21 of Canada’s top chefs
  Role: Copy editor

• Go UnDiet: 50 Small Actions for Lasting Weight Loss by Gloria Tsang, RD
  Role: Editor

• Dare to Dance Again: Steps from the Psalms When Life Trips You Up by Cathy Mogus
  Role: Copy editor