Claire Bidwell Smith
Claire Bidwell Smith is 30 years old and lives in Chicago. She has a Master's degree in clinical psychology and a Bachelor's degree in creative writing and works as a bereavement counselor for hospice.
Claire has written for Time Out New York, Citysearch, Yoga Journal, Student Traveler, Travel Age West, American Eagle's Latitudes, Jax Fax Travel Marketing, Ideal Bite.com, Road & Travel Magazine, Mountain Bike Magazine and Black Book. She writes the award winning blog Life in Chicago and also a blog with her husband, writer Greg Boose, called She Wrote, He Wrote.
Claire has lived in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago and she has traveled to over 20 countries.
Email her:
clairebidwellsmith@gmail.com
Feel-Good Travel: Giving Back Never Felt Better in Negril - Travel Age West
"Home on the Mat" - Yoga Journal, September 2008
Going Green in Chicago, Road & Travel Magazine
Blogs
Life in Chicago
(Named one of the best blogs in the world by the Sydney Morning Herald and featured as a blog of the week by the San Francisco Chronicle.)
She Wrote, He Wrote
(Co-written with Greg Boose.)
Press
Sydney Morning Herald Review of Life in LA
San Francisco Chronicle Review of Life in Chicago
MediaBistro interview about the process of writing my first book
Writers I Admire
Greg Boose
Stacy McKinley
Tricia Theis
Trey Ellis
Elizabeth Crane
Rich Ferguson
Kip Tobin
Jeff Simmermon
Jacob Strunk
Nathan Alexander
Sarah Munoz
Kristine Hansen
Travel & Adventure
Feel-Good Travel: Giving Back Never Felt Better in Negril - Travel Age West
Going Green in Chicago, Road & Travel Magazine
At Home in Bequia, American Eagle's Latitudes
Island Hopping in the Grenadines, JaxFax Travel Marketing
All-Natural Taitung County, Travel Age West
A Taste of Taiwan, Travel Age West
United Hotel, Tapei, Travel Age West
Big Discoveries on a Small Island in the Philippines, Student Traveler
Rolf Potts Speaks Out, Student Traveler
Red Eye, Student Traveler
The Study Abroad Numbers, Student Traveler
Breaking Leather: Two Co-Ed Grad Students Go on a Ride-Along with the Inglewood PD, The Nervous Breakdown
Swimming with Thresher Sharks Seems Like the Obvious Choice When You Decide to Give Yourself Up to the World, The Nervous Breakdown
Food & Beverage
Bet the Farm, Ideal Bite
Abel-Bodied Brew, Ideal Bite
Hot Latin Lover, Ideal Bite
Berried Treasure, Ideal Bite
Chef for a Day, Ideal Bite
Locando del Lago Restaurant Review, Citysearch
Saddle Ranch Restaurant Review, Citysearch
Personal Life Experience Stories
Home on the Mat, Yoga Journal
The Ziploc Ritual, Waiting Room Magazine
Julie Taught Others to Live, Rediff.com
Green Living
Accident or Design, Ideal Bite
Fit to Be Tied, Ideal Bite
Local Lotion, Ideal Bite
The Reel Deal, Ideal Bite
Clean Up Your Act, Ideal Bite
Tricks of the Trade, Ideal Bite
Keep Your Shirt On, Ideal Bite
The Ripple Effect, Ideal Bite
Cut a Rug, Ideal Bite
Open Wide, Ideal Bite
Knitty Gritty, Ideal Bite
Weighting Game, Ideal Bite
A Clean Sweep, Ideal Bite
Trashy Treasure, Ideal Bite
Election A La Mode, Ideal Bite