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It’s Official! Ultra Music Festival 2016 Live Stream Announcement

 

It’s official! One week to Ultra and not only will all the best DJ’s from around the world play at Bayfront Park, but we will be live streaming those incredible sets on YouTube! Yes, for the 5th year (4th year with me- but who’s counting?) we’ll be live streaming the Ultra Music Festival. This year will be bigger than ever. There are some really cool things happening, which I can’t say just yet, but seeing as these are normally the announcement videos- you can tell this is going to be different!

What I can tell you is that this Ultra Miami 2016 announcement video was a fun collaboration. Most of the UMFTV crew lives in Amsterdam, so the bits with Hardwell were shot in Europe. My stand up was shot in the United States. I produced the clip, hired the DP, and location scouted for the stand up. I absolutely love production, so it was wonderful to see everything come together. Oh, and there was a pug, and I’m obsessed with pugs, so… yeah, I’m pretty happy with how it came out.

Join the party! It starts everyday at 3pm EST March 18-20. And feel free to tweet me with the hashtag #AnybodyCanWatch xx

Coffee Made Out Of Poop Actually Tastes Good!

You gotta love traveling- you do things half way around the world that you would never think of doing at home. In fact, you pay money to do things half way around the world that you wouldn’t even try for free at home!

This is Exhibit A.

I was in Bali for the inaugural Ultra Beach Bali, and on my off day, I decided to go around the island. A DJ told me about the Kopi Luwak coffee aka cat poop coffee aka the most expensive coffee in the world. I had to try it! And, well, it was shockingly really yummy. It was smooth, strong, and didn’t have a bitter aftertaste. I’m also the type of gal that likes my coffee black and my Scotch straight, so take my opinion for what it’s worth. And yes, I hope you’re impressed by my beverage choices.

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How 2 Travelers 2.0!

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It’s a New Year and now it’s a New YouTube channel! Well, kind of..  Welcome to How 2 Travelers 2.0! I’m so excited to finally put up the brand new banner, icon, and moving graphics on my How 2 Travelers YouTube channel.

This is such a big moment for me as a Content Creator. Last year was a whirlwind year: I starred in my own travel icon-youtubesWebsiteshow on HLN called Vacation Chasers, I pulled double duty as Host and Senior Producer at The QYOU, and I tripled my social media outreach to over 300,000 people! This is in large part thanks to years of hard work on YouTube, and I couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity to give you guys beautiful new graphics to look at when you tune in.

Travel has been my passion- and my identity- since I was a teenager. It’s also one of the hardest genres to book as a host and producer. This is why YouTube is such a gift, because it allows those with the drive, skill, and determination to show the world what we can do! After years of creating content on my own, I teamed up with Rachel Rudwall and re-named my channel as How 2 Travelers. It has been such a success! We put together over 100 episodes and were plucked up from YouTube to star HLN’s Vacation Chasers. Now, due to these successes, Rachel has chosen to delve deeper into off YouTube opportunities (Go Rach!) and I wish her the best of luck. Not only am I continuing the channel solo, but it’s shinier and more professional than ever! I hope you love the new look and make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel to get weekly travel tips!

 

Inside Japan’s POD Hotel

 

I love Japan. Not only is it a great place to visit, but the amount of weird stuff that I can film is endless. See Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C… you get the point!

 

I’ve been a little sleep deprived this year thanks to a nWebsiteScreenShot2016-02-15at8.11.56PMon-stop work schedule of Vacation Chasers, The QYOU, and hosting the Ultra Music Festivals worldwide- on top of doing my YouTube channel! So, when I had a massive nine hour layover in Tokyo after my already massive nine hour red eye flight from Bali- and BEFORE my 12 hour flight to LAX, I decided to test out Tokyo Narita’s 9 hour Capsule Hotel. And no, not just because nine seemed to be a theme for me that day!

 

I won’t give away too much- you have to watch the video– but let’s just say they need to make this available at ALL international airports. Just look at my before and after pic! The only recommendation I have is for the pod/capsule hotel to be more conveniently located next to the airport. It was extremely complicated to get to the hotel. I had to take an airport bus AND walk through the subway station to get to the hotel. Yes, you read that right- I had to walk through a subway station. It was weird. But then again, Japan is weird (to me), so, following that logic, it kind of makes sense. Hope you enjoy the video!