LA CARMINA -
http://www.lacarmina.com - and her spooky friends appeared on
Food Network TV show "
World's Weirdest Restaurants" with
Bob Blumer!
Video clips include scenes from
Japanese theme restaurants: Cos-cha maid café in
Akihabara,
Christon Café Shinjuku, Kayabuki monkey waiters tavern,
Alice in Wonderland café Shinjuku, Zauo fishing restaurant. For photos from the shoot: http://www.lacarmina.com/blog/category/crazy-wacky-theme-restaurants/
La Carmina and
Naomi Rubin were the
Tokyo fixers (translators, location scouts, local production coordinators) for all these
Japan episodes. Their company, La Carmina & the
Pirates, has arranged and presented shows for
Discovery TV,
Travel Channel,
Fuel,
National Geographic,
NHK...
*** For more info and to hire them for TV work, visit http://www.lacarmina.com/pirates
*** La Carmina is an experienced travel, pop culture, food and fashion
TV presenter; see bio below.
Contact her for inquiries, TV presenting, appearances, collaborations, sponsorships etc.
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URL - http://www.lacarmina.com
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EMAIL - gothiccarmina {att} gmail
- Twitter - http://twitter.com/lacarmina
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Facebook - http://goo.gl/GlD8
-- La Carmina
Biography --
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. She was featured on NHK Kawaii TV and
New York Wave. Recent TV hosting and arranging credits include Food Network,
Dutch Pepsi, Sony
Australia,
Canal Plus France,
NRK Norway TV, Fuel /
Discovery,
Pro Sieben, National Geographic, and
CNN.
Reel: http://youtu.be/d75XqWdi2v4
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 - http://t.co/9JAgu3J In her new series "
Travel SOS," she answers travel questions with celebrity co-stars.
COOLHUNTING : She runs a trend consulting / TV hosting and Tokyo fixer company: La Carmina &
The Pirates. The crew specializes in
Cool Japan, style, music, art, design, alt and youth subcultures. (http://www.lacarmina.com/pirates)
BLOGGER + JOURNALIST: Her popular blog - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog - has been featured in major publications (
The New Yorker,
Washington Post,
WWD,
Cosmopolitan,
Vogue,
LA Times). She is a travel and pop culture journalist for CNN, and Huffington Post / AOL. La Carmina is flown worldwide for press trips and event appearances; she was a guest at NY
Fashion Week (speaking at
IFB Conference), and was twice invited to Luisaviaroma's Firenze4Ever
Italy event for the world's top style bloggers. She spoke about social media and travel video at
PRSA Travel
Tourism Conference.
AUTHOR: She's written 3 books about Jpop food and 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, bizarre cosplay restaurants). La Carmina is a graduate of
Columbia University and
Yale Law School. More about her books: http://www.lacarmina.com/books
.php
† LA CARMINA †
Travel and fashion blogger,
TV host, author, journalist.
- URL - http://www.lacarmina.com
- EMAIL - gothiccarmina {att} gmail
- Twitter - http://twitter.com/lacarmina
- Facebook - http://goo.gl/GlD8
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 38006