I loved celebrating in Los Angeles at Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel. We sipped champagne in a cabana by the pool and strolled through Getty Center to look at the art and sculpture.
One of my favorite things in Los Angeles is to go to The Hollywood Bowl! See my videos from concerts with John Fogerty, The Princess Bride, Ricky Martin, Barbie The Movie, Back To The Future, Star Wars, Tchaikovsky and Pink Martini!
Do you love to learn new things? This summer I took my very first soapstone carving workshop from Frederick Spence in Winnipeg, Canada before my Polar Bear Walking Safari. I loved seeing the polar bear appear out of the sandstone. Looking for a class to take? See below for my Travel Writing class.
You can find my book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Simon & Schuster, Post Hill Press, Target, Walmart, BookShop, BAM! and wherever you get your audiobooks! People always ask me where is it best to buy my book. I recommend you go into or call your favorite local book store and ask them to order it for you and pick it up IN THE STORE! You never know what other treasures you will find. Any bookstore can order my book because my publisher is Post Hill Press and it is distributed by Simon and Schuster. My friend in New Zealand just ordered my book to her local store! Brave-ish is available all over the globe!
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over TWO MILLION views on YouTube! (now at: 2,210,000).
Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 4,390 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe! For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
Georgetown asked for my talk in advance, and I was about to send it to them on the day I discussed the petition with the dean. It draws on several of my JJ columns about humility, gratitude, and, ironically, the urgent need for dialogue in our polarized society.
Larry’s voluntary sit-down with Lorraine Ali was in support of the official “Curb Your Enthusiasm” book, “No Lessons Learned,” published last September.
Director Paula Eiselt’s documentary acknowledges the early careers of Mel Brooks, Buddy Hackett, Carl Reiner, Joan Rivers and Jerry Lewis. It also goes deeper into why Grossinger’s Resort and Hotel had to exist in the first place.
Mount Sinai estimates the road carries about 20,000 vehicles per day and provides the only route to both memorial parks, including large funeral processions.
While she believes the program can play an important role in addressing antisemitism, Tishby emphasized that no single initiative can solve the problem on its own. “It will be a tool, but let’s not kid ourselves that one thing is going to be the answer.”
I learned to bake scones as a young girl in Australia. I’m still amazed that simple ingredients like a bit of flour, butter and whole milk can be transformed into such delicious bites.
BRAVE-ish Birthday! Niver’s September News 2024
Lisa Ellen Niver
September News 2024 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MEMOIR! September is ONE YEAR since my book, BRAVE-ish: One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty, was published. Thank you for showing up for my events, watching my videos, being excited for my awards and of course reading and reviewing BRAVE-ish!
Thank you to Hadassah for my great birthday celebration at Small World Books.
I loved celebrating in Los Angeles at Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel. We sipped champagne in a cabana by the pool and strolled through Getty Center to look at the art and sculpture.
CONGRATS to Eric Roberts on his new book, Runaway Train. It was great to meet him and his Dancing with The Stars partner, Britt Stewart, at Barnes and Noble at The Grove, where I had my BRAVE-ish book event this summer.
One of my favorite things in Los Angeles is to go to The Hollywood Bowl! See my videos from concerts with John Fogerty, The Princess Bride, Ricky Martin, Barbie The Movie, Back To The Future, Star Wars, Tchaikovsky and Pink Martini!
Do you love to learn new things? This summer I took my very first soapstone carving workshop from Frederick Spence in Winnipeg, Canada before my Polar Bear Walking Safari. I loved seeing the polar bear appear out of the sandstone. Looking for a class to take? See below for my Travel Writing class.
Want to travel more? Take my Travel Writer 101 class on Udemy.
Thank you to NPR for including BRAVE-ish
Thank you to JourneyWoman, Soul of Travel and Christine Winebrenner Irick for including BRAVE-ish in “Eight “Soulful” Travel Books.”
Thank you to Conde Nast Traveler for including BRAVE-ish as a TOP TEN BOOK PICK!
Do you LOVE my book BRAVE-ish? PLEASE WRITE A REVIEW!! Click here to go directly to rate or review BRAVE-ish on Amazon–but you can do anywhere you bought your book! THANK YOU to The Benjamin Franklin Awards for this lovely review of my memoir.
You can find my book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Simon & Schuster, Post Hill Press, Target, Walmart, BookShop, BAM! and wherever you get your audiobooks! People always ask me where is it best to buy my book. I recommend you go into or call your favorite local book store and ask them to order it for you and pick it up IN THE STORE! You never know what other treasures you will find. Any bookstore can order my book because my publisher is Post Hill Press and it is distributed by Simon and Schuster. My friend in New Zealand just ordered my book to her local store! Brave-ish is available all over the globe!
Learn more about my events: click here and my articles here
THANK YOU for watching my podcast! It has now been seen and heard in 51 countries on 6 continents!
WATCH my podcast, “MAKE YOUR OWN MAP: Are YOU ready to be BRAVE?” on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Podcast, Google Podcasts, Audacy, Audible, Anchor, Pandora & iHeart Radio
I loved being in Winnipeg and taking my first ever soapstone carving workshop with Frederick Spence
Can you believe that I walked with Polar Bears?!?! See my videos from my Polar Bear Walking Safari
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over TWO MILLION views on YouTube! (now at: 2,210,000).
Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 4,390 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 TikTok: @LisaNiver, Twitter at @LisaNiver, Instagram @LisaNiver and on Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and at LisaNiver.com.
My Podcast: “Make Your Own Map!”
Inspired by Fortune Cookies:
“Your journey through the pages of life is just beginning—
celebrate each chapter with joy, for the best is yet to be written.”
Do you love audiobooks? My memoir, Brave-ish, is available on all audio platforms! Did you know that authors have to audition to narrate their books?
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