Valparaiso, Chile

It’s been a crazy and eye opening few days. I arrived in Santiago, Chile on January 28th and will be traveling here until Feb 6th.

My trip is as follows: Santiago, Valparaiso, Puenta Arenas and Patagonia.

Not only am I experiencing the trip of a lifetime, I’m sharing my experiences daily blogging for Conde Nast’s pop culture Travel Guide, Jaunted. Be sure to keep up with my adventures from chile- HERE’S THE LINK!

Besides telling you about the must-see attractions, I’m meeting up with local bloggers in each city to get a true local perspective unlike any other. I am humbled by how welcoming each person I’ve met has been- they’re guidance and openness has really proven to me the power of global social networking and how special the online community really is.

Valparaiso, Chile

Santiago Happy hour with Kyle Hepp (www.OhQuePasa.blogspot.com)

Tea time with Valparaiso bloggers Allie and Matt Ridgeway (http://corrugatedcity.blogspot.com)

On February 12th, Twitter communities from around the world will come together for a Twitter festival- TWESTIVAL! Not only is this going to be an amazing interactive global event, each city that hosts a party will also be raising money for the non-profit charity:water.

I’m excited be involved with the NYC event, which will be bringing together over 1,000 people.

I’m also proud to announce that I’ll be auctioning off the HP Laptop Matt Marshall and I used during Ashton Kutcher’s 24 Hours at Sundance, which is also signed by Paris Hilton, Michelle Trachtenberg and DJ AM.

Watch the video below from the competition of Paris Hilton signing the laptop:

The laptop will be auctioned off at NYC’s Twestival on February 12th.

Shira takes on the 24 Hours at Sundance competition with her friend Matt. Read Article

I’m in Patricia Handschiegel’s latest Huffington Post Blog : “THE NEW POWER GIRLS: BUSINESS WOMEN RISE FOR THE ULTIMATE NPG– MICHELLE OBAMA”

I’ve also been busy making some fun Fox News Channel appearances.

In the Strategy Room with Eric Bolling of Fox Business Network

I stopped by to hang with Eric Bolling on Foxnews.com’s Strategy Room yesterday. Foxnews.com basically goes live online the entire day from this studio with hourly shows- viewers can interact via all our favorite social networking tools. I love this idea! It’s where it’s all heading and was a blast!

Then it was off to the Waldorf for a quick Oscar nominations hit on Fox Business Network’s “Happy Hour”.

BE SURE TO SET YOUR TIVO’S FOR TONIGHT- I’LL BE ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL’S CRAZY LATE NIGHT SHOW “RED EYE”

Check out my Sundance travel blog on Condenet’s Jaunted.com

If my schedule hasn’t been crazy enough, I’ll be heading to Chile next week blogging and vlogging daily for Jaunted! Besides giving you a look at the no-brainer tourist attractions, I’ll also be meeting up with local bloggers to check out those current/underground spots you can’t find in any travel guide.

The crazier part? I’ll be joined by 4 other journalists and the entire trip is going to be documented for an upcoming Travel Channel show, “CONFESSIONS OF A TRAVEL WRITER”!

Good energy with Dr. Stephen Chu at the LinkLive Inaugural Gala

Last night, I hosted a 6 hr. livestream from the Link-Live Inaugural Gala at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC. The coolest part was having hundreds of people watching and chatting in live from around the world (UK, Barcelona, Texas, Canada).

Link-Live is a non-profit whose mission is to promote technology that serves humanity. Tons of other great organizations and leaders in the fields of technology, environment and education were also there. The highlight of the entire evening, though, was interviewing the incoming Secretary of Energy, Dr. Stephen Chu.

Video to come…

I’m so proud to be in DC right now and to be hosting a livestream from the LinkLive Inaugural Gala starting 6pm EST. I’ll be interviewing notable personalities and giving you a behind the scenes look at this amazing charity celebration. The broadcast is sponsored by Mobilize.org and Ustream.tv.

Click below to watch!

Got back from a whirlwind trip at Sundance on Sunday, and around 12 hours later I was heading to DC to be part of history in the making!! First stop was last night’s huge Huffington Post party at the Newseum. There were thousands of people there and a noteworthy celeb list including: Al Pacino, Ben Affleck, Jon Cusack, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore and many others.

I also finally met my NYC power girl/new media counterpart Julia Allison. I’ll let the pics tell the story!

My 24 HOURS AT SUNDANCE teammate and founder of Venturebeat.com, Matt Marshall, wrote a great blog post about our upcoming adventure. READ IT HERE!