Tropical Travel Girl
Published Articles
Welcome to my Published Articles page!
Food Wine Travel Magazine
In addition to writing about tropical destinations, I am a Contributor and Associate Editor of FWT (Food Wine Travel) magazine, the publication of the International Food, Wine and Travel Writer’s Association (IFWTWA). Many of my recent articles have been about my secondary niche — food and wine. Others have been destination-focused. Here are links to my articles on Food Wine Travel Magazine from 2018-present.
2025
2024
Finger Lakes Wineries: European Flavors Meet New World Innovation
December 3, 2024 (co-authored with Beth-Ellen Clausen and Jo Clark)
Touring the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail in Southern Illinois
September 17, 2024
A Coastal Tour of the San Francisco Peninsula
January 9, 2024
2023
Take A Multi-Cultural Tour of the Surrey Spice Trail
October 25, 2023
Oliver Winery and Butler Winery in Bloomington, Indiana: Great Wines and Rich History
May 21, 2023
2022
Visiting Puerto Rico? Book an Old San Juan Walk & Taste Tour with the SPOON® Experience!
August 29, 2022
Seattle, Washington: Best Things to See, Do and Experience
March 3, 2022
2020
Islands — A Retrospective
August 22, 2020
Summer splendor in New York’s Southern Finger Lakes
June 22, 2020
Discover Keuka Lake Wine Country in New York’s Southern Finger Lakes
April 24, 2020
Expect the unexpected in Albuquerque, New Mexico
February 25, 2020
2019
Fredericksburg, Texas: Wildflowers and Wine (Peaches, too!) in Texas Hill Country
August 6, 2019
2018
Sip, Savor, and Sigh on San Juan Island
June 18, 2018
Evansville Living Magazine
Evansville Living is a bi-monthly lifestyle magazine published for a readership of 60,000 in the metropolitan area surrounding Evansville, Indiana. All articles are published in the print edition as well as online. Links to the online versions are included below.
Enjoying the Emerald City – Don’t leave Washington without visiting Seattle!
June 3, 2022
Discover Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula
May 16, 2022
Cruisin’ Through the Florida Keys
September 15, 2016
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX
From 2010-2017, a total of twenty (20) of my articles were published in the Sunday Travel section of the Star-Telegram (www.star-telegram.com), Fort Worth, Texas.
You may access PDFs below to view and read articles as they appeared in the Sunday edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper. Many are also included on Destination pages covering the islands and other destinations have written about. Search under Destinations for the island you’d like to read about.
2017
Petit St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines (January 2017)
(Finalist award in NATJA’s 2017 Travel Media Awards Competition – Luxury & Resort Travel – Print Publication.)
2016
Windstar Greek Isles (September 2016)
(Silver award in NATJA’s 2017 Travel Media Awards Competition – Cruises – Print Publication.)
Grenada – Sandals (January 2016)
2015
Nevis, West Indies (October 2015)
Star Clippers Mediterranean Cruise (January 2015)
2014
Holland America Canada/New England Cruise (December 2014)
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Ocean Club Resorts – Turks & Caicos (February 2014)
2013
Ocean Club Resorts – Turks & Caicos (February 2014)
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Trinidad/Tobago (October 2013) – Indulge (Star-Telegram’s luxury lifestyle magazine)
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Anguilla (July 2013) and Anguilla Ricketts Sidebar
2012
Kauai, Hawaii (December 2012)
Riviera Maya, Mexico (September 2012)
Hawks Cay, Florida Keys (March 2012)
Fiji and Fiji Pearls (March 2012)
2011
Antigua, West Indies (October 2011)
St. Thomas/St. John, USI (August 2011)
Royal Clipper Caribbean and Martinique (April 2011)
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2010
French Polynesia (October 2010)
AAA Home & Away magazine (Hoosier edition)
Home & Away was published six times a year for seven American Automobile Association clubs in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Dakota. AAA Home & Away ceased publishing in 2018.
Click on the link below the article to access a PDF of the article as it appeared in the magazine.
This July/August 2017 article on the Indiana Dunes area won a Finalist award in NATJA’s 2017 Travel Media Awards Competition – Destination Travel – Magazine. The North American Travel Journalists Association honors the “best of the best” in travel journalism.
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This article covering swimming with whale sharks in Cancun, Mexico, appeared in the March/April 2016 issue.
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The island of Dominica – turtles, waterfalls, and a stay at Rosalie Bay Resort – are featured in this article, published in the November/December 2014 issue.
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The Galapagos Islands on an Ecoventura yacht are featured in this article, published in November/December 2013.
Other Online Articles
Older articles published in online digital outlets have included: Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope e-magazine, TravelSquire.com, TravelWorld e-magazine, JohnnyJet.com, GettingOnTravel.com, and others. (PDFs and links to published articles are below.)
More Time to Travel
French Lick Resort: Two Grand Hotels with a Storied Past was published September 16, 2023, on More Time to Travel, an award-winning baby boomer travel blog.
Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Magazine
Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope is a quarterly eMagazine offering a unique perspective on travel, food and entertainment. The award-winning publication is companion to Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope TV program, distributed by American Public Television to stations throughout the U.S. and into Canada.
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PDF-Tenerife Article Travelscope Magazine-Summer-2014
TravelSquire.com
TravelSquire.com is a premier digital travel magazine and specialized travel web service for savvy travellers, published by Free Agent Media. The site attracts over 110,000 unique visitors monthly, has more than 160,000 Twitter followers and is the founder of the weekly #TRAVEX tweet-up (www.twitter.com/TravelSquire).
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TravelWorld Magazine
TravelWorld International Magazine features the journalistic and photographic talents of members of the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA). Contributors must be members of NATJA.
Link to Article: TravelWorld-St Croix USVI-A Scuba Diver’s Delight
Link to Article: TravelWorld-10ReasonsToVisitTheFloridaKeys
JohnnyJet.com
JohnnyJet.com is a website where travel experts share their tips and expertise to make you the expert, including travel tips, travel deals, booking tools, weekly travel news, weekly contest, and more, including TravelStyle interviews with frequent flyers. See my TravelStyle interview here: Johnny Jet – TravelStyle – Debbra Dunning Brouillette
This article on the Hyatt Ziva Cancun won a Finalist award in NATJA’s 2016 Travel Media Awards Competition – Special Focus Travel Articles – Internet: Resorts. The North American Travel Journalists Association honors the “best of the best” in travel journalism.
Link to Article: The New All-Inclusive Hyatt Ziva Cancun a Welcome Addition to Cancun’s Hotel Zone
wow! You have written a lot of articles.