I created a run-with-the-wolves manifesto and alternative camping guide for the June/July 2005 issue of BUST magazine and now I’m ready to light the campfires of city mice everywhere. I’m currently working with Ten Speed Press on Let’s Get Primitive, the urban girl’s guide to roughing it in the backcountry. More absurd anecdotes, irreverent advice and homegrown wisdom is on the way. I’ll tell you all about how I poop in the woods, and show how you can too.

Armed with camera and notepad I’ve also covered visits by Senator Arlen Specter and six-hour long National Park Service meetings for my local newspaper. I’m always chasing down (even tackling if I have to) any opportunity to tell my tales of waiting tables at a mega-steakhouse, growing up a reluctant Italian American Princess, and living the makeshift country life. If you’re an eager reader, thank you. Samples are coming soon.