It’s beginning to feel like summer in SoCal! It starts early … never ends … as a noob, I’ve got plenty of must-do things on my list. Here’s a running tab… Endless Summer To-Do List Learn to surf. Duh. Drink wine on the patio with friends. Get better at beach volleyball. Take lessons? Find a…
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I Am Your Celebrity!
Pro tip: In 6-inch heels, always pose with men much larger than you. Newport Beach Film Fest 2013 Opening Night Red Carpet
Mea Culpa, Southern California
This post has been waiting in the blog queue. I know I owe you an apology, Southern California, but I was waiting for just the right moment. Yesterday, it transpired. Remember the dude who told me “Good luck making friends”? Well. He approached me yesterday to find out how I was doing, if I was…
Home is … CrossFit
Yeah, I wrote that. Despite taking almost two years off from an official gym, within minutes of (grudgingly!) re-joining the sport, Aspen CrossFit quickly and seamlessly became my home and the people my family. Moving to Newport Beach, one of the first items on my agenda was to find the right box to call home…
More: at Home
As I prepare to trek back to Aspen for my last weekend of skiing during the 2012-2013 season (goodbye, unlimited ski pass), it reinforces the notion that Newport Beach is now home. I’m just visiting a place I used to love being called a local. As my actual home comes together more and more, it…
Puppy in Paradise
Though she loved the snow, lil’ Nali is finding plenty to love about the beach too … she is, after all, playing in the world’s greatest dog park.
Can I Really Make It Here?
When I moved to Aspen, failure was not an option. Sure, I did the whole trying-it-out-for-a-month thing, but that was a trial run for what I knew was inevitable: that I was moving to Aspen with the Vermonster, who was living out a dream. So failure wasn’t an option so long as I wanted to…
Women, Get It Together
Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In launches today, and like any other plugged-in, ambitious twentysomething, I pre-ordered it and can’t wait to rip into the book that should be sitting in my mailbox right now. I find women’s workplace dynamics so interesting, and while that’s not the focus on Sandberg’s book per se, it’s certainly a part of…
FaceMate and The Bachelor and a Spoiler
Aside from when Austinite/bar-owner/friend-of-friends Brad Womack was the Bachelor (erm, twice), and a tabloid paid me money to spy on him (yes!), I pay very little attention to The Bachelor. I do, however, love love, dating, and all that jazz. So this press release arrived, and I laughed out loud: “In advance of The Bachelor’s final episode [which…
Let’s Get Real: Moving to a New Place Solo (Sometimes) Sucks
I’ve talked about making new friends in Austin and Aspen, but both times it was while I had friends. In other words, I’m a preachy idiot. For all my pretty beach photos and happy community talk, let’s get real: moving somewhere by yourself with no friends (ok, I have one friend) sucks. Most of the…