Hi, everyone and welcome to a very festive episode of Women Who Travel, a podcast from Kani Nas Traveler.

I'm Meredith Carey and with me as always is my co-host, Lala Aricoglu.

Hello.

This week we're talking all about gifts.

Now we have a ton of gift guides up on C&Travel.com, including one filled with

suggestions from some of our favorite women who travel contributors. But we wanted to give you

even more ideas on what to gift the traveler in your life or even gift yourself. So joining

us to share their favorite gifts from women-owned companies or joined by women who travel

contributor, Shanika Hillix and

Megan Sparell, Traveler's Senior Editor. Thank you both so much for joining us today. Lovely to be

here. Shanika, why don't we start off with your first pick for a gift you are excited about this

year? Absolutely. Well, earlier this year, I had the pleasure of taking a

domestic trip to a place I had never been before. I headed out to the San Juan Islands off the

coast of Seattle and had the opportunity to meet an awesome purveyor who is creating some really

lovely preserves, as well as some shrubs using the fruit that is located on

the island. That brand is called Girl Meets Dirt and truly some really unique stuff coming

out of the region, some really awesome flavors and flavor combinations. I know the holiday season

is often met with a lot of fun imbibing, but I like to balance that out with some non-au options.

So love using the shrubs with some sparkling water, some Martinelli even, if you're going down that route.

Fresh herbs like rosemary that are indicative of the holiday season.

So definitely wanted to shout her out given I was able to not only meet her,

but enjoy and continue to enjoy throughout the year. Do you have any favorite flavors that she

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