LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 16: BJ Korros and Lisa Niver attend the Los Angeles Press Club’s 63rd Annual Journalism Awards Dinner at Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles on October 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
I went to Toronto, Canada to celebrate my birthday AND my first article for WIRED went live!
Thank you to David and the team at the Jewish Journal for highlighting so many of my stories! I was in PRINT all four weeks in October! Thanks to Brett Barenholz for saving the print copies for me!
I went to Las Vegas for IPW 2021 to talk about USA Travel. I am working on articles to share but please enjoy these brand new videos including when I drove a bulldozer, climbed a wall, went in a gondola, flew in a helicopter to the Grand Canyon and partied with DJ Snake at the new club, Zouk, at Resorts World Las Vegas!
Learn more about my Alaska cruise on Majestic Princess and my stay in Seattle:
I am still celebrating my birthday and will share photos soon! During the COVID Coaster, it has been hard to find things and places to celebrate but I believe in CELEBRATE EARLY and OFTEN—You can see me at the Chervo USA, Magellan Jets and IYC Yachts event
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over 1.38 million views on YouTube! (Exact count: 1,385,471 views)
Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 3,240 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe! For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
“With integrity and consistency, your credits are piling up.”
“More art in your life at this time will make help you feel better.” (I love this fortune! I love to create art! Have you seen my ceramics instagram? )
THANK YOU for all of the BIRTHDAY calls, texts and messages! I celebrated in Toronto, Los Angeles, Utah and next Philadelphia!
Lisa in Toronto, Canada for her birthday with Carolann and Macrae!
“These women were pivotal to both the process and the outcome of the trial. Yet they were marginalized on many occasions, literally reduced to footnotes.“
It’s worth paying attention to what is – or isn’t – happening to our “large” parties. They are quite small, or at least that’s how they appear in the polls even as Election Day draws near.
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.
WINNER and WIRED: Niver’s News: Oct 2021
Lisa Ellen Niver
Oct News 2021 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel:
October was definitely ROCK-TOBER for me! I won third place at the Southern California Journalism Awards for technology reporting!
I went to Toronto, Canada to celebrate my birthday AND my first article for WIRED went live!
Thank you to David and the team at the Jewish Journal for highlighting so many of my stories! I was in PRINT all four weeks in October! Thanks to Brett Barenholz for saving the print copies for me!
I went to Las Vegas for IPW 2021 to talk about USA Travel. I am working on articles to share but please enjoy these brand new videos including when I drove a bulldozer, climbed a wall, went in a gondola, flew in a helicopter to the Grand Canyon and partied with DJ Snake at the new club, Zouk, at Resorts World Las Vegas!
Learn more about my Alaska cruise on Majestic Princess and my stay in Seattle:
An Awesome Alaskan Summer Cruise on the Marvelous Majestic Princess!
Cruising Alaska’s Inner Passage with Princess Cruises #WeAreBack 2021
What to DO in Seattle?
Where to STAY in Seattle?
Enjoy the videos here:
I am still celebrating my birthday and will share photos soon! During the COVID Coaster, it has been hard to find things and places to celebrate but I believe in CELEBRATE EARLY and OFTEN—You can see me at the Chervo USA, Magellan Jets and IYC Yachts event
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over 1.38 million views on YouTube! (Exact count: 1,385,471 views)
Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 3,240 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe! For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
Find me on social media with over 150,000 followers. Please follow on Twitter at @LisaNiver, Instagram @LisaNiver and on Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and at LisaNiver.com.
My fortune cookies said:
“With integrity and consistency, your credits are piling up.”
“More art in your life at this time will make help you feel better.” (I love this fortune! I love to create art! Have you seen my ceramics instagram? )
THANK YOU for all of the BIRTHDAY calls, texts and messages! I celebrated in Toronto, Los Angeles, Utah and next Philadelphia!
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