

Carrie Bell
Joined: Nov 16, 2021
Carrie Bell is a longtime Los Angeles-based journalist covering travel, entertainment, pop culture, weddings, and lifestyle topics. Her work has appeared in and on People, Fodor’s, Rolling Stone, Reader’s Digest, Architectural Digest, Yahoo, and TripSavvy. She’s a night owl, cat lady, pun maker, board game player, cinephile, lover of roadside attractions and bizarre museums, avid cyclist, wife, hotel nerd, snowglobe collector, amateur photographer, and dairy products addict.


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