Claudia Fisher

Wander or Bust is an Elite Daily travel series that follows young women all over the globe to record their journeys as they experience the thrill of the far-flung and unknown. They'll track their budgets, where they stay, where they eat and drink,…

Once it starts getting cold out, my friends and I only talk about two things: eating and sleeping. All other interests go out the window, lost to the frigid air, and our energy gets channeled toward maintaining our bodies' homeostases until the sun…

I'd really like to say I can't relate to this video of a borderline unbearable guy returning from Burning Man. I know the scene is supposed to be exaggerated and make fun of the extreme transformations and epiphanies people claim to have…

Burning Man is an enigmatic festival, and if you've never been, it's especially hard to grasp the scene in Black Rock City. It's a week-long showcase of art, music, workshops and unregulated human nature in the middle of a desert that life forms…

Everyone I've told I'm going to Burning Man – and that is not an exaggeration, EVERYONE – has reacted with sheer disbelief. You know it's really intense, right? They question. You know you're, like, in the middle of the desert and everyone around…

Gabby Douglas is a more talented and accomplished human at age 20 than most of the population will ever be. As with anyone enviable in the public eye, Gabby's decorated Olympic career has attracted an onslaught of unsolicited criticisms. And, as…

Guys, I'm not one to buy into slang as quickly as the youths and Twitter gurus. I'm late to every single linguistic trend, I still don't know who Felicia is and now it's WAY too late to ask, and I get overwhelmed anytime someone sends me a…

Guys, it's no secret New York City has one of the best, most extensive food scenes in the world. You can pretty much get anything your stomach would ever dream of and if you think you've invented some intricate concoction, 94 percent of the time…

Last Friday night, my wallet disappeared. In mentally retracing my steps, I could account for it at the birthday happy hour I went to, the pizza place after and the cab I took home. Then my wallet, in its entirety, mysteriously disappeared (you…

Tomorrow marks the start of April -- and America's worst holiday, but let's just pretend April Fool's Day doesn't exist. More importantly, April 1 is the start of a smoky yellow brick road, wafting us toward 4/20. The holiday at the end of the month…

Despite the hoards of articles online touting “Fun Date Ideas That Have Nothing To Do With Drinking,” let's be realistic… most dates you go on in your 20s will involve alcohol. Actually, based on my mathematically-sound What's Appropriate Scale,…

Drop that protein bar! It turns out a much more delicious snack could be the secret to getting a better workout. Researchers at Kingston University in England did everyone a favor and conducted a study that shows a little bit of dark chocolate can…

The first time my nails weren't too short/thin/mangled to get a manicure was basically a scene from "Pinocchio." I exclaimed “I'm a real girl!” to a confused manicurist who immediately petted my arms and asked if I wanted them waxed (ugh, she…

For those of you who laughed in the faces of carrot naysayers warning, “If you eat too many, you'll turn orange,” you're about to be sor(ang)ely disappointed. It turns out, unlike that girl in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” who turned into a…

Growing up, I had no idea there was a month designated Women’s History Month. If my high school assigned projects or pushed efforts promoting it, I either wasn’t paying attention or the initiative wasn’t strong enough to resonate with a bunch of…

I'm a drowsy person. Despite repeated pleas from my doctor to stop self-diagnosing non-existing ailments, I tell everyone I have a sleep disorder (in addition to early onset dementia and a potato allergy). So, per usual, the Tuesday of Lunch Break,…

As you've probably heard by now, rumors are abound that Taylor Swift dumped Calvin Harris because he got a Thai massage followed by a happy ending. Whether or not this story is true, it's pretty hard to ignore the implications: A new T.Swift…

I hate warm weather in New York City for two reasons: 1. The sidewalks radiate urine stench 2. “Getting fresh air” is a meaningless figure of speech. Unless the “melting look” miraculously becomes cool and dermatologists start advocating for clogged…

The human mind is powerful and mysterious. At once contained and vast, methodical and unpredictable, the brain continues to surprise us. In one moment, your thoughts are linear and focused and, in the next, you hum an old song lyric; you dream about…