I can remember exactly what I was doing 10 years ago this week. The memories are so vivid. 10 years ago this week, we were living in a townhouse in Kendall, Florida. I worked as assistant calendar editor for the local alt-weekly. I was bursting with ideas of my own, but always on assignments… read all

Seven years ago this week, I did something whimsical. After an evening of casual brainstorming, with the encouragement and advice of my husband and a dear friend, I bought a domain name and started this blog. I didn’t go into it thinking “OMG I’m going to create a brand and quit my day job and… read all

When the wonderful folks of Eden BODYWorks came to me with the idea of the Blogging While Brown scholarship giveaway, I thought it was an absolutely AMAZING idea, one I’d love to collaborate on every year! And I also said to them, please don’t ask me to judge this because WAY too many of my… read all