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08Aug

Where You’ll Find Me

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I haven't been writing as much as of late, not due to a shortage of things to talk about, but mainly because of a workload that has been taking me away from doing some of the things I love. Yep, when you work full time, it's hard to partake in the things you love. Last week a business trip took me to Los Angeles, and I went a few days early and enjoyed the beauty of Southern California. I went boogie boarding in Santa Monica, dining in SilverLake, exploring in Pasadena and hiking in the Palisades. It was heaven, and a bonus, I was on my own, without the Read More

08Jan

My 2016 Pop Culture Resolutions

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2015 was such a good year for pop culture. From books to TV shows to movies, it was just very satisfying. Streaming video and binging kind of took over my life, as I fell in love with shows like Grace & Frankie on Netflix, Casual on Hulu and Transparent on Amazon. Over on the networks, shows that I became addicted to were Jane the Virgin and Crazy-Ex Girlfriend, which I of course binged on Hulu and rarely watched live. Books like The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes, Paper Love by Sarah Wildman and Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox by Joanne Read More

16Apr

Where You’ll Find Me

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I've been quiet on the blog because I'm currently on a wellness trip in Kauai. Yes, I mean Hawaii. Sometimes these trips come at exactly the right time and I feel very privileged to be on assignment here. I have had several articles featured on the web recently and wanted to share a few of the links. Travel YES, You Can See Disney on the Cheap - Here's How (Yahoo Travel) America's Best Family-Friendly Resorts (Huffington Post) Unusual Family-Friendly Attractions in Kissimmee (MiniTime) A Weekend of Skiing and Maple Sugaring in Read More

07Feb

Where You’ll Find Me

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Very happy to say that this blog has led to so many freelance writing opportunities over the course of the last few years and that my Journalism degree is paying off! This is the time of month where I share some of my clips, which are listed here, too. My travels, with the kids and without, took me far and near in mid 2014 and I've been writing about them all over the web. Look for future clips on some of my upcoming trips including Hawaii, Washington, DC and Florida (and the year just started): Parade Magazine Five Family-Friendly Read More

26Dec

My Debut on Women and Hollywood

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One of my resolutions in 2012 was to go beyond the mom blogosphere and write for a publication I felt was in line with who I am. That particular publication is Women & Hollywood, a featured blog on IndieWire. It's a site I have been reading since the start of the Internet. I get many opportunities to meet women involved with film and television, and the editorial possibilities are real. Women, film, television - these are topics of utmost importance to me and the subjects of which I know most about in life. I met the site's editor at BlogHer back Read More

18Oct

Stumbling into Something You Love

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I fell in love with theatre at a very young age. My mother used to take me to see productions at the Civic Center in Atlanta, GA, where I grew up. We saw "Annie". We saw "Oklahoma". We saw "Annie Get Your Gun". I loved and watched everything about these productions - the actors, the sets, the lighting, the costumes. Then in high school I left a very academic institution to attend a high school of performing arts. I thought my life would be like the show "Fame" - kids would dance and sing on the tables in the lunch room and my life would be one Read More

14Aug

My Small Role in Listen to Your Mother’s Open Mic at BlogHer

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This past spring, I had the joy of being involved in the NYC production of Listen to Your Mother. The experience has changed my life in more ways than I describe. Now being involved in a REAL off-Broadway show is just ONE small example of how it changed in life as I'm on the crew of The Best of Everything coming to the Here Arts Center this October. This never would have happened to me had it not been for LTYM and meeting some very special people involved with the show. A long time theater goer, more avid than you would ever realize, LTYM has allowed Read More

08Aug

A Celebration of Family & Community during BlogHer

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I was lucky to attend some pretty special events at BlogHer last weekend. One of them was for Zarbee’s new all natural extra strength line of cough products for adults and children 12 and up on the rooftop at the The Kimberly Hotel (where we happily stayed almost exactly two years ago). In addition to introducing the new products, the event was a celebration of individuals that are an inspiration to their families and communities. Zarbee’s is committed to keeping them healthy so they can continue to do amazing things. It was an honor to be included Read More

06Aug

Taking the “Mom” Out of BlogHer (& Other Thoughts)

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I can't believe I've only been blogging for 2-1/2 years. So much has happened and I've learned so much about myself and the world since this all started. This small blog that you're reading has led to so many opportunities and has truly been a window both into myself and what I want to do in life. Because of social media, I'm plugging back into skills and abilities that I thought were long gone, particularly after I had the kids. It basically pulled me out of the darkness. Because of social media, I truly know that anything is possible and I don't Read More

07Feb

How She Does It by Britt Reints

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This is the ninth entry in “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” a series of guest posts about the working mom/stay-at-home dilemma. It’s written by Britt Reints from a wonderful blog called In Pursuit of Happiness. Britt is also a freelance writer who writes about traveling around the country with her family in an RV. I met Britt last summer at BlogHer and it was one of those IRL connections that I cherish. When Holly first emailed me and asked if I wanted to participate in this series, my first thought was that I was woefully unqualified to discuss Read More