TV host and travel blogger La Carmina - http://www.lacarmina.com/travel - visits a Hong Kong cat cafe, Ah Meow in Causeway Bay. See her play with purebred cats and eat cute food at this weird Chinese theme restaurant. Would you visit?
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La Carmina - http://www.lacarmina.com/travel.php - is an Asia fashion, underground subcultures and female travel TV host ("Taboo", "Bizarre Foods", "World's Weirdest Restaurants", "Oddities") , author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), journalist for Business Insider, CNN and Huffington Post / AOL, and professional blogger.
Her "La Carmina blog" has a passionate following, and has been featured in major publications (The New Yorker, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, LA Times). She contributes articles on art, travel, culture and fashion to Business Insider, CNN and AOL / Huffington Post.
LaCarmina is the author of three books, including Cute Yummy Time (Penguin Books USA: about character bentos and food decoration) and Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo (Random House: stories of Japanese theme cafes, like maids, vampires, cats and ninjas). She went on a multi-city book tour and appeared on The Today Show to speak about her works. Born and raised in Vancouver, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Columbia University, and has a JD from Yale Law School.
La Carmina has appeared on The Doctors and The Today Show, and co-hosted the Japan episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern for Travel Channel, which airs in 75 countries. NHK Japan filmed two documentaries about her work. Recent TV hosting and fixing credits include Food Network, National Geographic, Pro Sieben, Fuel, Science & Discovery Channel, Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, Norway TV (NRK), Mexico Tourism Board, and CNN. La Carmina hosts, writes, arranges and field produces her own travel video series filmed worldwide. Episodes include Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Hawaii, Hong Kong.
She runs a TV fixing, translation arranging and consulting company (http://www.lacarmina.com/pirates) that specializes in shows about Japan travel, subcultures and Asia. Speeches and appearances include: New York Fashion Week, Hong Kong Social Media Week, PRSA Travel & Tourism conference, Mediabistro NYC social media summit.
La Carmina's blog. http://www.lacarmina.com/blog
Info about her books: http://www.lacarmina.com/books.php
Her Japan TV production company: http://www.lacarmina.com/pirates
Her TV hosting reel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d75XqWdi2v4
