About the Author: Stacy Lytwyn Maxwell

Award-winning journalist, travel writer and “daycation” expert Stacy Lytwyn Maxwell is author of the travel guidebook, “Consummate Connecticut:  Day Trips with Panache” (www.cattalespress.com).  A consummate speaker as well, she presents a popular “Day Trips for Personal Enrichment” PowerPoint series.  Currently, her most sought-after presentation is “Twenty-five ways to be happy in a recession (and any time!)," which focuses on the physical, mental and spiritual benefits of “daycation” travel.  Email: smaxwell@snet.net;  Follow her on twitter, www.twitter.com/cattalespress; Linkedin:  www.linkedin.com/in/cattalespress.