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Self-Confidence Can Only Be Found In Imperfection

Is anyone else out there starting to chafe a bit at the idea of self-isolation and maintaining social distance for several more weeks? Yes, me too. I think we all understand that its important,…

Authenticity, Career, Mental Health, Self-Care
Mar, 25, 2020

The Tricks to Creating a Haute Look for [A Lot] Less

Does anyone else feel like life is being written by a 4th grader lately? “…And then there was this virus, and everyone was scared. And then the world ran out of toilet paper. Yeah,…

Inspiration, Outfit Tutorial, Vintage
Mar, 19, 2020

Love in the Time of Coronavirus

In this time of mass chaos, panic, and pandemic, I’ve been revisiting some of what I’ve taught myself over the past years and months about fear. Specifically what it means to live when something…

Life, Love & Friendship, Self-Care
Mar, 16, 2020

Bitter Herbal Manhattan

Most problems can’t be solved by drinking a cocktail, and its not exactly good practice to go about the cocktail method as a solution to problems in any case. That doesn’t mean I’m not…

Cocktails, Recipes
Mar, 10, 2020

It’s Good to Forgive Yourself

I ‘ve been doing quite a bit of work over the past months to figuratively, literally, and emotionally move forward in my life and my career in a way that is sensitive to what…

Authenticity, Mental Health, Self-Care, Uncategorized
Mar, 08, 2020

You Are In Charge of Your Success

I don’t know that I can, or would, call myself a success at this moment in my life. Most days, I am ok with that, because my life is not over yet. What I…

Authenticity, Career, Self-Care
Mar, 05, 2020

5 Budget-Friendly Street Style Hacks to Steal from the Pros

February is, hands-down, my favorite month, and it has absolutely nothing to do with chocolate, flowers, or the fact that its my birthday month. I find myself waiting anxiously every year for some of…

Inspiration, Outfit Tutorial, Trends
Feb, 27, 2020

The Only Bar You Need to Know in Florence

When you start talking about cocktails, in my opinion, Italy doesn’t get enough attention. Pour me an Aperol Spritz or a Negroni, I’m pretty much in herbal bitter nirvana. Those are cocktails most of…

Cocktails, Destinations, Recipes, Where to Go
Feb, 26, 2020

Mediterranean Probiotic Bowl

I go through phases where I crave flavors from certain parts of the world with incredible voracity. Being married to an Egyptian, our house tends to have a Middle Eastern craving more often than…

Food, Recipes
Feb, 25, 2020

You’re Never Too Old to Change

Today, I am 35. It’s a day, much like any other day in recent weeks. Unremarkable in its way, and yet I’ve realized as it approached that this day also has a profound significance….