Happy Thanksgiving! I hope your November has been full of friends and family and time to restore your soul.
Enjoy this video of my Uncle Stu carving up THREE Thanksgiving turkeys! I loved being back together with so much of our family for Thanksgiving dinner.
A Thanksgiving Prayer by Rabbi Naomi Levy
For the laughter of the children,
For my own life breath,
For the abundance of food on this table,
For the ones who prepared this sumptuous feast,
For the roof over our heads,
The clothes on our backs,
For our health,
And our wealth of blessings.
For this opportunity to celebrate with family and friends,
For the freedom to pray these words
Without fear,
In any language,
In any faith,
In this great country,
Whose landscape is as vast and beautiful as her inhabitants.
Thank You, God, for giving us all these. Amen.
(Talking to God: Personal Prayers for Times of Joy, Sadness, Struggle, and Celebration)
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Happy Thanksgiving: Niver’s News: Nov 2022
Lisa Ellen Niver
Nov News 2022 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel:
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope your November has been full of friends and family and time to restore your soul.
Enjoy this video of my Uncle Stu carving up THREE Thanksgiving turkeys! I loved being back together with so much of our family for Thanksgiving dinner.
I will be speaking LIVE at America’s Favorite Travel Shows! Come see me at The Travel & Adventure Show in New York – January 28-29 at the Javits Convention Center and in Los Angeles— February 18-19 at Los Angeles Convention Center!
“Discover endless vacation options from the top travel providers and destinations from around the globe. Meet one-on-one with thousands of travel experts who are on hand to help you find, personalize, and book your next trip. Uncover thousands of dollars in savings with exclusive travel deals and show-only specials. Receive expert advice and learn how to travel like an insider from dozens of educational seminars. Plus, meet Samantha Brown, Andrew McCarthy, Peter Greenberg, Pauline Frommer, Patricia Schultz, LISA NIVER and more!“
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Recently, I was in NYC for the ITS travel conference, scuba diving at Beaches Turks and Caicos and speaking to students at my alma mater, University of Pennsylvania, as well as with my 1989 classmates to talk about TRAVEL!
EVENTS are BACK!! I went to the inaugural Jewish Journal Gala “The Gift of Community,” a book event at Bloomberg for “It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO” and an art opening of Together for Good: Caron Tabb and the Quilting Corner as well as Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories at Skirball Cultural Center. Videos below:
Articles from my recent adventures in Toronto and Calgary:
Thank you to the Jewish Journal for publishing my articles for twelve years!
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Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 3,750 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe! For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
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Fortune Cookie SAID:
“You create enthusiasm around you.”
“Accept the next proposition you receive”
Sending health, happiness, hope and hugs from our family to yours for this holiday season!
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