Along with restaurant reviews, I was often sent on assignment to review bars, gallery openings, new spas and fitness classes. Here are a few clips from City Weekend’s print magazines; just click on the pictures to view the full PDFs.
While these articles originally appeared in print, I also reorganized and edited them for corresponding websites. Unfortunately, I only have PDF versions of the print articles since the websites are no longer active.
To read the full stories, just click on the pictures.
From February 2008 to September 2009, I was the senior writer for South Tampa Magazine (in print). While there, I pitched all of my own article ideas and was involved in every step of the publishing process, from photo shoots to graphic design and final proofing (AP Style).
Here are some of my favorite feature articles I wrote during this time. Just click on the images to view the full PDFs.
In 2009, I was a full-time staff writer for Rain Publishing Company in Tampa, Florida. Blu Tampa Bay became its luxury magazine, and I was in charge of writing and producing original features, as well as covering events.
Here are some of the articles I wrote; just click on the images for the full PDFs.
I spent two years freelancing for City Weekend magazine (online and in print) as a food writer and restaurant reviewer. I eventually became the go-to person to frequent hole-in-the wall Chinese restaurants, as I moonlighted for a local street food tour company.
Owned by Ringier, unfortunately the site went offline when they sold the company at the end of 2017. Below are some of the screenshots I saved from the website, and some PDFs from the print magazine. Just click on the images to read.
I actually got my first byline in 2006 when the St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times) took a chance on a recent college graduate and published my personal essay on what it’s like to have ADHD. My second article was published six years later when I wrote a “small world” story about reuniting with a guy I met in the Beijing airport.
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VisitFlorida.com is Florida’s official tourism marketing company. Over the years, I have written landing pages and articles on a variety of topics, from boating, to solo travel, to a series of “Girlfriend Getaways.”
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