Six Great Things To Do in Dingle, Ireland

Six Great Things To Do in Dingle, Ireland

Six Great Things To Do in Dingle, Ireland By Ellen Federico Tucked into the rugged Dingle Peninsula on the west coast of Ireland, local artisans are transforming nature’s bounty into handmade dreams. This once sleepy town is dancing a new jig with a fresh vibe....
Monitoring Monarchs

Monitoring Monarchs

Monitoring Monarchs by Kristin Thieling-Di Rico An interview with Ellen Federico, Fire Island Tide Newspaper May 25, 2018 Every year, tens of thousands of Monarchs visit Fire Island on their migratory journey from Canada to Mexico. Unfortunately, the number of these...
The Butterfly Lady of Fire Island

The Butterfly Lady of Fire Island

From The New Yorker: There’s no place like an island, and a barrier island especially, for seasonal migrants. That’s certainly true of Fire Island. The thirty-two-mile-long sandbar off Long Island may be best known for little red wagons, houses on stilts, and gay...
Beautiful Bandits

Beautiful Bandits

I recently read a Forbes list of the ten most stressful jobs and was not surprised to see Event Coordinator noted as #5 behind Police Officer, Airline Pilot, Firefighter, and Military Personnel. As a thirty-year event planner and ‘code red junkie’ this...