Do you remember the first book that really made an impact on you? I loved to read as a kid and fell in love with the Little House on the Prairie series. I would read them over and over until their pages were well worn and my mother, with a concerned look in her eye, forced me to the backyard with my sisters. Little has changed– except maybe the amount of…
Back in December, I was doing a little Christmas shopping at Canopy and came across Eliana Bernard and her beautiful ceramics. If you’re not familiar with Austin, one thing that this city does really well is working to support smaller, local businesses. There’s a real emphasis on shopping small and supporting local, not just on small business Saturday, but 365 days a year. Eliana was kind enough to take…
Hi, friends! As I sit here writing this I can’t help, but wish we were all crowded around this lovely marble table that belongs to my friend, Katie, enjoying a salad together and catching up. Perhaps one day, that will be a real function of the internet?! It kind of is already, isn’t it? It’s been a calm, rainy week here in Austin. The storm before the storm? We are moving…
As I write this post and as I look at the images from this most recent visit to Elizabeth Street Cafe, I’m immediately taken back to my friend, Jenn Elliott Blake. We met so many, many years ago at a sponsor dinner during my very first Alt Conference after I had just launched the site six months prior (early 2012, I think?). She’s one of the truest and most talented…
For all of our many differences, one thing that Aaron and I have always both loved is to travel. We even differ by how we like to spend our vacations: Aaron likes to hike or climb to some unsafe point that makes me hold my breath and yell things at him, as well as take lots of photos. I like to look up the best restaurants the city has to offer,…
Does anyone listen to the Girl Boss podcast? She always asks her guests what their first job was and I find it so fascinating! I’ve learned, having listened to many episodes, that there are two kinds of people: the ones who sold ice cream at the neighborhood swimming pool or had their own lawn mowing business in high school, and the ones who didn’t work a day in their lives until…
Oh, you guys. Writing the copy for this post simply reminds me that I am so overdue for a haircut! I mean I’m not even entirely positive when my last one was, but if I had to guess, I would go with March 2016. Yikes. Don’t worry, it’s on the books and I’m counting down the days. More importantly, though, I’ve been using all of these tips and tricks that Martha Lynn taught…
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