HOLLY CHASE
Sarasota, FL 34239
Groton Long Point, CT 06340
Home office in Sarasota: 941-330-8738
Email: holly@hollychase.com & holly@almostitalian.com
Website: Holly Chase Travel Consultant


PROFILE PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

TRAVEL CONSULTING

WRITING, EDITING, and LECTURING

SPECIALTY PROMOTIONS & RESEARCH (1970 — 2000) LANDSCAPE DESIGN

1995-97:
  • Comprehensive green-spaces revitalization proposal for Kampala, Uganda.
  • 1998-present:
  • Landscape design and installation for subtropical & temperate settings. Current work in Sarasota, Florida and coastal New England.
  • SKILLS

  • Multicultural cooking and food-styling
  • Photography: to illustrate my lectures, articles, & online publications
  • Technical proficiency in drawing, embroidery, weaving & other applied arts
  • Horticulture (compatible with my landscape designs); floral arrangement
  • LANGUAGES (in order of proficiency):

  • English (mother-tongue), French, Turkish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Arabic;
  • Knowledge of other Central Asiatic (Turkic) languages and Latin;
  • Familiarity with Hungarian, Persian, and Kurdish;
  • ESL (teaching English as a Second Language); willingness to learn new languages
  • FOREIGN RESIDENCE & TRAVEL

  • Periods of residence in Turkey, Portugal, Uganda, & India (on a coffee & tea plantation)
  • Extensive work & travel in Western & Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, East Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Mexico, Bolivia.
  • EDUCATION

  • 1990: Modern Standard Arabic (total immersion language course) Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
  • B.A., High Honors - History & Literature, Charter Oak State College (Connecticut)
  • 1977-78: Courses in Arabic literature & language The Middle East Institute, Washington, DC
  • 1972: French language; L'Alliance Française; Paris, France
  • 1971: Graduate of Miss Porter's School; Farmington, Connecticut