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Kristy Alpert

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  • Travel and Lifestyle Journalist, Freelance
  • None, Travel + Leisure, Cosmopolitan, Esquire
Paris, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C.
Covers:  destination travel, health & wellness, travel & leisure, global travel, luxury travel, travel & tourism, spirits, hotels, culinary travel, adventure travel, food, spas, wine, celebrity interviews
former lifestyle editor at @Cosmopolitan current freelance travel and lifestyle journalist at everywhere else instagram: kristyalpert #travel #travelwriter

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Kristy Alpert is an award-winning freelance travel writer with bylines in Esquire, Travel + Leisure, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Food & Wine, AFAR, Global Traveler, Fodor’s Travel, and more. She has visited all seven continents—paid rent on three—and takes far too much pride in her spice cabinet, which includes juniper berries from Norway, cardamom from Nepal, and a prized ras el hanout from Morocco. She grew up on an airplane as the daughter of an airline pilot and is now married to an Air For…

What was your first job as a journalist?

Intern at AvidGolfer magazine

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes; and I own a vintage one I bought overseas. Carried it on as my "typewriter" in arms.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Gil Pender