Kristine Solomon Title: Writer Education: Brooklyn College Location: New York, NY Kristine has over 20 years of experience as an editor, writer, and site director for major NYC-based publications including Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, Yahoo Life, and The Nest. She specializes in travel, beauty, style, home, and health. She's a big fan of experiential travel, immersing herself in other cultures as if she were a local.Highlights: 23 years as an editor, writer, content strategist, and site director for many prominent women's lifestyle publications based in NYCHas written regularly for Yahoo Life, Forbes Vetted, Netflix, Reader's Digest, Refinery29, Insider, and moreHas helped produce lifestyle-based special interest publications for Bauer and American MediaSpecializes in e-commerce and branded content Experience Kristine is a born-and-bred New Yorker who has more than 20 years of experience as an editor, writer, and site director for many prominent lifestyle brands including Martha Stewart Living, The Nest, Yahoo Life, Real Simple, Prevention, and YourTango. She loves to deep dive into other cultures, fully immersing herself like a local. She's explored a haunted forest in Transylvania at night, toured a stunning mosque in Abu Dhabi containing the world's largest hand-woven carpet (it holds the Guinness World Record), gone sand dune bashing in Dubai and felt actual magic emanate from the pyramids of Chichen Itza. By far, her best culinary experiences have been in Instanbul and Morocco. When she's not traveling or writing, she's either reading or pursuing her skincare obsession. Education Bachelor's degree in English Literature and Journalism from Brooklyn College. 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