Tamara Shopsin Tamara Shopsin is an author, illustrator, graphic designer, writer, part-time cook, and co-owner of the New York City eatery Shopsin’s. Her illustrations and writing have been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Verge, The Strategist, Travel + Leisure, Vulture, and more.• Author of the books “LaserWriter II,” “Mumbai New York Scranton,” “What Is This?,” and “Arbitrary Stupid Goal”• Co-author, with Jason Fulford, of the books “This Equals That” and “Offline Activities” About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process