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Lori Tripoli is a New York-based freelance writer and editor focusing on travel and the environment, sustainability, and the intersection of business and law. She blogs at BashfulAdventurer.com and is a contributing writer to GettingOnTravel.com. She has a keen interest in green travel and sustainable tourism. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists & Authors, was a founding editor of Sustainability: The Journal of Record, and is the author of a textbook.
Lori’s BashfulAdventurer.com blog focuses on novice travelers of any age and encourages them to get out into the world no matter what their personality or budget. She also includes solo travel and single parent travel. Lori also has a personal interest in dark tourism and spiritual tourism.
Travel is in Lori’s blood. Her paternal grandmother ditched her husband for a few years to travel the world. While Lori hasn’t gone to that extreme, she is glad her grandmother paved the way for feisty women to travel.
On Twitter @BashfulAdventur @EnviroEditor
What to Order: Start with a Grey Goose martini or the Signature Martini (a lemon drop), and then opt for a shrimp cocktail or string beans and potatoes in a peppery tomato sauce. DiNardo’s is always delightful for indulgence, and so on bright summer days and winter ones alike, a lemon drop martini or a Grey Goose martini is a perfect way to begin. Housed in a home originally built in 1864, it has a delightful cupola and front porch as well as a large main dining room and a couple of other dining rooms used for large parties back in the before times. Located in the Towne Center strip mall in Brewster, Aversano’s is a classic, both for pizza and submarines on its less formal side (and for much-relied on catering during the holidays and at any other festive time) and for good Italian classics in the more formal dining room.
Since many of our travel dreams will be on hold for a while, now seems like an opportune moment to reinforce travel memories from trips past. My trip pics tend to be organized in a vast category called “Camera Uploads”—which is great for making sure I have preserved memories of every trip in chronological order, but it’s not so good for pulling up individual photos. From the number of crosses (a representation of the form of death sentence accorded Jesus of Nazareth) and crucifixes (which include representations of his body on the cross) on my walls, one might think I’m an uber-religious person. And yet I love wearing tee shirts from places I’ve visited and love, too, that they keep my memories of these places alive.
’s most-read posts include a bit of the mystic, a touch of mystery, a smidgeon of comfort food, and a love of nature. Even though most of us remained in situ for the great bulk of the year, Bashful Adventurers still read about great places to visit. The joy of rail biking in a most serene setting A mystery set in the Sunshine State gives lessons for surviving a pandemic A recurring image in Peru turns out to have deeper meaning If you’re looking for a place to stay in New York City, why not choose one with a hint of mystery?
Stay in historic Hudson House River Inn, 2 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY 10516. Head to the beach at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, check out the Cape Florida lighthouse, and generally enjoy some sun and fun in this social distancing vacation spot. Staying at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay during the COVID-19 Pandemic – BashfulAdventurer.com Step into the past—and to an area that has survived other troubled times—with a visit to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. If you happen to be in southern New Jersey, swing by Toms River for some good food and a fantastic place to stay—at the historic Mathis house right on Main Street.