Explore Mazatlan, Mexico with LA CARMINA – ! The travel TV host dives into the spooky side of Mexican culture: Day of the Dead, dark art and celebrations. In this episode, she enjoys the relaxing Riu Mazatlan hotel and resort, with two swimming pools and a beachfront.
Hosted by La Carmina. Directed and produced by: Melissa Rundle and Eric Bergemann. Thanks to the Mazatlan Tourism Board, and Lov/Recs for the music.
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LA CARMINA – – is a travel / culture TV host (Travel Channel, Food Network, CNN), top fashion blogger, author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), coolhunter and journalist for AOL Travel / Huffington Post.
TV HOST: La Carmina has appeared on The Today Show and co-hosted an
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 arranging credits include Food Network, Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, Belgium TV, Norway TV, Fuel / Discovery
/ National Geographic, and CNN International. Presenting reel:
TRAVEL SHOW: She hosts, writes, arranges and field produces a “Coolhunting America” travel TV show for Huffington Post / AOL. La Carmina travels and scouts out underground attractions and bizarre subcultures, starting with Wisconsin. First episode – La Carmina has debuted a new series, “Travel SOS,” where she answers travel questions with celebrity co-stars.
COOLHUNTER : She runs a trend consulting / TV hosting and arranging
company: La Carmina & The Pirates. The crew specializes in Cool
Japan, style, music, art, design and youth subcultures. (
BLOGGER + JOURNALIST: Her popular blog – – has been featured in major publications (The New Yorker, Washington Post, WWD, Cosmopolitan, Vogue Italia, LA Times). She is a travel and pop culture journalist for CNN, and Huffington Post / AOL. La Carmina was one of the world’s top style bloggers invited to LuisaViaRoma’s Firenze4Ever, in 2011 and 2012, and will speak at Independent Fashion Bloggers conference at NY Fashion Week.
AUTHOR: She’s written 3 books about Jpop culture for major publishers (Random House, Penguin USA). These include Cute Yummy Time (about decorating food to look adorable) and Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo (maid cafes, cat cafes, vampire and ninja restaurants). La Carmina is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Law School. More about her books:
FASHION DESIGNER: La Carmina designs clothing with various fashion brands. She recently released the HOPE t-shirt collection, and Soho Hearts Swarovski panda necklace, with funds going to Japan’s earthquake and tsunami victims. More:
CONTACT: For more info and to work with her, please visit La Carmina’s website –
EMAIL – gothiccarmina at gmail dot-com
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