writing

Lisa Pasold is a freelancer who writes about travel, architecture, food and culture for newspapers such as The National Post, The Georgia Straight, The Globe and Mail and The Chicago Tribune. Some sample articles are below - just scroll down and click on a title.

Lisa has written about Paris history, architecture and amazing neighborhoods for Fodor's guidebooks. She has reviewed all sorts of restaurants for Time Out--from delightful to dubious--and this past summer, she coped with gruelling research for the Michelin's Alsace-Lorraine & Champagne Green Guide by sampling as many bubblies as possible.

Below, links to some sample articles...
all these articles are available for resale with photos.

"Monaco's Big Gamble"
The National Post, Toronto

"Riding the Rails from Land's End"
The Daily News, Fredericton

"Kenya, Dig it?"
The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco

"Carla Bruni - Naive?"
Billboard / Music & Media Magazine, London

"Velib"
Georgia Straight Magazine, Calgary Herald, Montreal Gazette and other CanWest Publications

"Guide to Paris Architecture"
Paris Notes Magazine

"He Loves Paris, even when it fizzles"
Book Review,
The Globe and Mail, Toronto

As well as writing for travel books, Lisa has reviewed museums, cafes, bars, films, buildings, and books for a variety of media. In 2003, her "Paris Notes Buildings" appeared, a downloadable 25-building popular introduction to Paris architecture. Before taking up travel writing, she worked as French correspondent for Billboard Magazine.

Lisa is currently a member of PEN Canada. Lisa`s articles have appeared in newspapers & magazines such as: The Globe and Mail, The Literary Review of Canada, Paris Notes, The San Francisco Examiner, Strategies Europe, The Calgary Herald, The Georgia Straight, New York Living, The National Post, and The Chicago Tribune.