Hi I’m Lisa Elliot-Rosas, living my life to the fullest in Ojai, CA. I own and operate a high-end fashion showroom with over 20 years of success growing many of the brands you know and love. Recently, I founded Lit Up as a continuation of my efforts to build beautiful brands.
I created Journey33 with the intention of architecting a travel journal geared towards travelers seeking a more authentic experience. A fresh and tailored site offering a variety of information with good taste and local findings. For me, that means two things: incredible food and amazing destinations.
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Contributors
Anika Poitier
Los Angeles
Filmmaker / Jewelry Designer
Inspirations: Laughter, good food, travel, lazy days, my dogs, my friends
Places traveled: Paris, Venice, Bahamas, St. Tropez, Lake Como, London, Porto Chervo Sardinia, Greece, Hong Kong, Monaco, Mexico, Hawaii, Switzerland, Vancouver, Toronto, Madrid, Tunisia.
Bio: grew up in Los Angeles where she was always surrounded by the arts. She spent much of her childhood on movie sets and was aspired to recreate the magic of movie making. At 18 she moved to New York City, where her love for the arts expanded to include acting and painting. Anika studied at Sarah Lawrence College, The American University of Paris, and the American Film Institute. After spending time abroad, Anika returned to New York to work as an actor. While working in a number of independent films, she re-discovered the art of film making; a medium she felt integrated all the things that she loved into a single creative expression. As a classically trained painter Anika became excited to trade her paintbrushes for a camera and bring her visual aesthetic to a new medium.
In between films, Anika pursued her passion for design. She has collaborated with her mother on interior design projects, designed a line of drapery panels for Florio Collection and designed jewelry for her own line called Brooks Poitier. Anika’s desire for an eco-friendly and non-toxic lifestyle has inspired her latest design endeavors including co-creating ASP & Co.
Garret Gooch
Los Angeles
Creative Producer / Marketing Consultant
Favorite places: Tel Aviv, Mallorca, Berlin, New York City
Inspirations: Food, Fitness, Comedy, Hummus and a bike ride around an undiscovered city.
Bio: Garret Gooch is a marketer, content strategist, and creative producer. He believes that high quality content production needs fewer cooks in the kitchen + digital strategy needs more intent and a higher level of focus on deployment. When Garret isn’t working… he is traveling, dancing in commercials or running ultra marathons. Garret believes that health starts with what we consume, how we move our bodies and who we interact with. The best way to become your best self is to meet people from far away places, ask questions and listen up!
Gabrielle Heyman
Los Angeles
Head of Global Ad Sales at Zynga
Favorite places: Kauai, Sedona, NYC, Paris, Cuba, Belize
Inspirations: Love, Nature, Gems, my Husband and two dogs.
Bio: A native Los Angelina, Gabrielle resides in LA with her husband and two dogs. LA is a muse and a demon, a double edged sword. Dining at new and old haunts, discovering hidden gems, and exploring nature in the city are her favorite past times. By day she works in media at a large Internet Publisher, off the clock she is a jewelry designer and a repressed rocker. From the ocean to downtown, she finds her inspiration in hidden alcoves across the city. Though she was born and bred here, LA is a vast metropolis which continuously unfolds mysteriously and miraculously before her, and which she is unfailingly dedicated to.
Paz Stark
Los Angeles
Owner / Designer
Favorite places: Guatemala, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, England, Scotland and scattered states in the US.
Inspirations: My children, The Rolling Stones and a well crafted piece of fiction.
Bio: Paz Stark grew up in LA and still lives in LA. It’s smoggy and hot as heck, but she loves it. Paz spends most of her time enjoying the company of her son and daughter. In her rare spare moments she works as much as she can, answers the phone on occasion, shops online a lot, and fantasizes about being adventurous. In the past four years she has managed to travel to Brazil, New York, Israel, Austin, Kauai, Maui and Portland. Next month she is going to to Ecuador and is looking forward to watching the turtles and seals in the Galapogos Islands.
Yun Lingner
Los Angeles
TV Producer @ Shark Tank
Favorite places: Italy, tropical beach locations, NYC.
Inspirations: Documentaries, films, books, art, design, music, traveling.
Bio: Yun Lingner loves traveling and obsesses frequently over food. She’s partial to exploring urban cities and stylish beach locations over thrills or adventure-seeking. She’d choose a bowl of caccio e pepe in Rome, over trekking the Andes any day. She is a television producer that lives in Silverlake with her husband and son.
Danielle Levitt
Los Angeles / New York City
Photographer
Favorite places: Africa, Morocco, Costa Rica, Europe.
Bio: Born in California, I started taking photos after I stole my mothers 35mm Canon ( I was ten). Oh I loved it! I loved the way the camera looked, and how it felt to press the shutter release. By the time I was in Junior High School, the camera was just as much a part of me as my arm. I joined the yearbook and would shoot all of my friends doing their best model poses. It was clear, that I wanted nothing else than to become a photographer. When I could I moved to NY (rumor had it, that NY is where the photographers were, so I arrived with my best friend and some cheap luggage.) It took a few but I finally got my start, a street fashion column in the NY POST. It was the late 1990s so I found joys in capturing styles that varied from a single strap messenger bag look to a slip over pants ensemble.
Janet Levy
Los Angeles
Sculpter / Fine Art Curator
Favorite places: Seychelles, Canary Island, Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Barcelona, Greek Islands, Finland, Italy.
Inspirations: Art, sculpture and good Architecture, other cultures, yoga and new experiences.
Bio: Janet Levy grew up in Hermosa Beach, California has lived in San Francisco, New York and spent ten years in Switzerland living, working and making sculpture. Upon returning to the US, she was an advertising director for a lifestyle magazine for over seven years. In 2006, she founded See Line Gallery, an exhibition space dedicated to supporting the work of exceptional contemporary artists.
Kimberly Johnson
Los Angeles
Costumer / Stylist
Favorite places: India, Loas, Thailand, Vietnam, Paris, London, Bali.
Inspirations: Nature, Travel, Different Cultures, Fabric/Textiles, Art, Books, Food, Music.
Bio: Kim Johnson lives in Los Angeles where she works as a stylist and costumer for Film and Television. She is also a Certified Ayurvedic Specialist and loves cooking healing foods and practicing living a balanced and healthy life. Her greatest passion is traveling to distant countries to learn, grow and experience different cultures.
Paris Montoya
New York City
Music Management
Favorite places: New York City, Barcelona, Prague, Corsica, Greek Isles, Death Valley, Zion National Park, Redwoods National Forest, Arizona.
Inspirations: Music, food, nature, open hearts & minds.
Bio: I’ve been in the music industry since I started selling/trading live show bootlegs at age 16. For the past 7 years I’ve been in music management. I was raised in NYC and experienced all the variety that exists in just a few miles there. That influence coupled with parents that embraced travel has led me to continually wander and explore on my way through life, locally and globally. So now I seek out the unfamiliar, it keeps me engaged with the world and my own priorities. I’m inspired by the people and their traditions that foster these different worlds existing down the street or across the globe.
Jose Ramon Reyes
New York City
Fashion Consultant
Favorite places: Dubrovnik, Cairo, Paris, Madrid, London, Mexico City.
Inspirations: Art, Music, Dance, Travel.
Bio: I own a fashion consulting firm REYES+partners advising retail and wholesale businesses. I enjoy experiencing different cultures, to be in a different country represents some sort of escape for me.
Rachel Spring
New York City
Senior Account Manager @ Place Showroom
Favorite places: New York City, Buenos Aires, Paris.
Inspirations: life, people, food, and travel.
Bio: Rachel Spring was born and raised in West Orange, New Jersey. In 2001, Rachel moved to Manhattan and attended The Fashion Institute of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising and Marketing. For the last three years, she has held the position of East Coast and International Sales Manager at eM Productions, a multi-line fashion showroom that represents emerging designers. Outside of work, Rachel is on the steering committee for 3G, a NY-based non-profit social organization for third generation children of Holocaust survivors. While Rachel is extremely passionate about her work and career, her personal interests include food, traveling, and wine. Rachel looks at the preparation of food as an art form and she enjoys traveling to different countries, discovering each country’s cuisine, as well as its history, art and culture.
Corinne Grassini
Los Angeles
Founder @ Corinne Grassini Home Furniture
Favorite places: Peru
Inspirations: Postmodern architecture, Brutalist art, a good cup of coffee, Japanese tree houses, my sisters.
Bio: In Los Angeles, it’s so easy to stay in a design bubble and never have to interact creatively with anyone that pushes my boundaries. When I travel, whether it’s just outside my studio door or 3000 miles away, I’m forced to confront other creativities and cultures that inspire me to no end