Archive for April, 2007

Luggage, Accessories and Travel Books, Oh My!

by Beth Whitman - Wanderluster (April 27th, 2007)

I just spent a long weekend in San Francisco for a combination business/pleasure trip. In addition to visiting the beautiful Sonoma and Napa Valleys, shopping for Ghirardelli chocolates and discovering fabulous Indian food, I visited some of the Bay area’s largest independent bookstores as well as a small chain of travel accessory stores. First, a [...]

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Pen & Jen’s Tea

by Beth Whitman - Wanderluster (April 25th, 2007)

I love supporting women in business. If they are in the tea business, I’m even more eager to give them a plug . A friend of mine recently sent me a link to Pen & Jen’s Tea. Based in New Jersey (my old stomping grounds), this tea duo sells tea through their website – from [...]

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“O” Bracelets Supporting Women in Africa

by Beth Whitman - Wanderluster (April 23rd, 2007)

Oprah’s O Magazine recently got behind a project to help women in Zambia and Rwanda affected by AIDS. These women are creating hand-beaded bracelets that are now being sold exclusively at Macy’s. One hundred percent of the profits go to the women creating the jewels, which nets them between $5 and $19 a day (far [...]

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