Wendy E. Simmons

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Wendy Simmons won’t stop traveling until she visits every country in the world! Despite her hatred for packing, she’s managed to explore more than eighty-five so far—including territories and colonies—and chronicles her adventures on her blog, wendysimmons.com where you can also sign up for her newsletter.

Wendy is president of Vendeloo, a consultancy she founded in 2001, chief brand officer of a NYC-based global eyewear brand, and an award-winning photographer. She’s also owned a bar in Manhattan, worked for a lobbying firm on Capitol Hill, and written a Japanese-language phrase book. Though her Japanese is now terrible, Wendy’s Pig Latin is flourishing. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from George Washington University.

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I couldn’t have said it better. Words to live by.

My 50th year on earth ends today and I start my 51st. Fifty-one years alive. I’m lucky, and grateful. I’ve learned a ton, and experienced even more. Having a birthday at the end of summer, usually over a holiday weekend has always meant having a birthday when no one is around. When I was a kid, my birthday parties always had to be delayed until September when everyone was back to school. That used

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Published on August 30, 2018 09:41
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“It’s a world where what you don’t know can hurt you, and ignorance is not bliss, where you must forgo all established logic to acclimate, and “Jabberwocky” makes sense.”
Wendy E. Simmons, My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth

“Rule of thumb I came to realize: dilapidated, old building = real building with actual DPRK inhabitants; modern, new building = fakery built to make NoKo look normal.”
wendy e. simmons, My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth

“Travel makes the world smaller.”
Wendy E. Simmons, My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth
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