When it comes to hosting, “the most wonderful time of the year” could arguably also be one of the most stressful. There can be quite a bit of pressure placed around putting on a perfect holiday dinner and creating that ideal and appropriately festive atmosphere. While it might seem like a somewhat daunting task, the...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in LA, and if there is one place sure to give you instant warm fuzzies for the holidays, it’s Downtown Santa Monica and the Third Street Promenade. Just think: twinkling lights, thousands of them in fact, ice skating with scarves and mittens, warm hot chocolate,...
We’ve totally kind of been having sweater weather!!! And I don’t know what it is about 2018, but this is the year of the sweater for me. Last year it was fuzzy coats, this year – sweaters. I can’t stop myself. We have a special predicament here in Los Angeles though thanks to our...
Regardless of if I even have anywhere to go, I L O V E shopping for holiday / holiday party outfits. Don’t you feel like you have so much more fun shopping for a holiday outfit than any others? Festive is just so fun y’all, and I am in the spirit. Anyone else been...
The best part of going out – in my humble-ish opinion – is getting dressed. A quintessential moment, that, unsurprisingly can also bring a LOT of stress. Especially when the invite denotes a specific type of evening wear. The hardest part for me, so I assume all of us, is always discerning the...
Indulge me for a moment. I want you to think about the last time you really felt listened to. Or the last time you really listened to someone else. Was it today? Within the past week? Month? And most importantly, how did it make you feel?
It is unquestionably heartbreaking to bear witness as parts of our community burn to the ground. There have been so many affected, so many personal things lost, and the fires still continue to burn. As many of us sit back and watch it’s easy to feel hopeless, like there’s nothing we can do. While...
Whether you’re a blogger, an aspiring blogger, or an entrepreneur, you know just as well as I do that this shit ain’t easy. And there’s a lot of things a lot of people don’t tell you, especially when it comes to starting out. When I first started 5 years ago, I didn’t even really know...
Us poor LA girls might not get a crisp, leaves falling, hot drinks kind of Fall, but that surely does not stop any of us from keeping up with the seasons trends. Fall fashion is personally probably my favorite season for shopping, even by LA weather standards. I love boots, jackets, and sweaters – who...
[my badass boss-lady friends Nastassia and Amy of THIS IS NA and my babe Julia of Krupa Consulting] In the eternal words of Beyonce… “who run the world? GIRLS.” So today, October 11th, we celebrate International Day of the Girl. International #dayofthegirl is a resolution adopted by The UN meant to recognize gender injustices...
