Pure. Happy. Travel.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is time for The Annie Scott Experience to come to a close. I have launched a new website: Pure. Happy. Travel. Please bookmark it.

When this blog began back in 2004 (in the days of MySpace), I was a single girl with a fledgling blog and a theater career. The blog took me through writing countless plays, Drama Desk nominations, crazy auditions, NY Times reviews, festival awards, odd TV and film appearances, outrageous dates and degrading day jobs. 

During that time, the world changed. Back in 2006, I began professionally blogging for AOL's former fashion blog, Styledash.com. At that time, many people didn't know what a blog was. The job quickly went from a part-time delight to a full-time, well-loved endeavor by 2008. Then, when I became an editor for Tonic.com, I found it was time to put theater on the back burner for awhile; at least traditional theater.

What I mean by that is: theater is like the internet. In fact, I think there is immense theatrical potential in the internet which has yet to be tapped. There can be earth-shattering drama in an instant message; love affairs happen via email. There are countless ways the internet entertains and builds communities, and I want to be part of the faction developing new ways. One of my favorite achievements so far has been through Twitter; my work with an all-knowing llama, @DoWhatITellYou, has reached thousands and even won a Shorty Award. I don't feel I'm doing less theater at all, really.

In addition to implementing these harebrained ideas, I've managed to make a full-time career from online writing. I've become an expert in travel and luxury -- genres I grew up in and studied for years before realizing that they could be professional avenues. As a writer and journalist, I now travel the globe, make TV appearances, and am what I like to think of as a "professional learner." 

Pretty soon, I will have a new name, as I'm getting married to the handsome fella above (though I'll keep the "Annie Danger Scott" name professionally). The Annie Scott Experience has become most successful as a travel blog, and with that in mind, I've launched a real one which I think captures my perspective well: Pure. Happy. Travel. Next week, I'll make my first new posts there from the Cannes Film Festival.

And so, I bid you not farewell, but thank you, and please look here for me from now on.