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About The Author

Julie Schwietert

Julie Schwietert Collazo is a writer, editor, researcher, and translator currently in New York, formerly of Mexico City and San Juan. She is Matador's managing editor and is the lead faculty member of MatadorU's travel writing program.

  • Sara

    I loved Udaipur and took a miniature art class there but this is really tiny stuff – very pretty.

  • http://matadortravel.com/traveler/kerrylee/blog/wanderlust-and-north-experienceandqugrainne.com Kerry Lee

    Lovely photo, Jessica. I went to your blog to read the story – I’ve added the blog to my list of “Favorites” for a regular read!
    India is definitely on my wish list.

  • http://jessicacarter.wordpress.com/ Jessica Carter

    Hey Sara and Kerry Lee, Thanks for your comments, I’m really glad you liked the pic!! Getting my nails done like that was such a random experience, but one of the loveliest things that happened on my trip. It was honestly just magical watching these little animals, flowers and people appear beneath the paintbrush..

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Somebody remind me again why I don't live in New York?

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What the world was like around the world on the 24th of July 2010.

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In 60 seconds Cailin O'Neil shows us how she does SF.

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Get vertigo watching awesome mountain landscapes from the seat of an RC airplane.

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Julie Schwietert photographs faithful devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe at the Basilica...

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An impromptu portrait session while riding the subway in Taipei.

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Move over peanut M&Ms, from fried chicken to tomatoes and bananas, these vending machines...

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In June 2010, three crew members set out to shoot a concept for a new Matador TV show,...