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Last week I flew to Salt Lake City, Utah to attend the 2012 Altitude Design Summit. It’s a professional conference for those of us in social media focused on the design, style and creative space. At least that’s the official definition of it. What really defines this bootcamp for your creativity, design and writing passion [...]

I’ve not met Yuli Ziv personally, but I have followed her business adventures as head of Style Coalition for well over a year. When her book, Blogging Your Way to the Front Row, came out a few months ago, I had it down to grab it and highlight the ever-loving hell out of the pages, [...]

Photo by b7_banana I began a project tonight that has become infinitely more interesting than it started. I wanted to make an inspiration board for my closet. A touchstone for personal style. Luckily I had two months of style magazines stacked up next to the bed so I had endless content to edit for only [...]

The nice folks over at Mom It Forward are having me over for drinks today for some final thoughts on the Ultimate Closet Challenge I did in September. Go check them out – they’re nice folks. And while you’re at it? Check out Aimee’s lovely photography tips for Fall pictures! Now that the challenge is [...]

Thanks to all of you who gave me feedback on what the hell it is I do here.  I think there is a difference between why and what I write and why you come here — and I wanted to understand that.  You helped me clarify some things in my own mind for that I [...]

The other night on Twitter I saw a comment that really kind of shocked me.  It had to do with someone making fun of all the discussions surrounding “What Should I Wear” or “What to Wear” to BlogHer ’10.  It would appear this person wanted to make a point about the “real” way to approach [...]

It is okay to have a bad day. There. I said it. This may be a wildly unpopular idea or just wildly impossible if I’m to believe my Twitter stream or Facebook Feed on any given day. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not knocking “happy” or “blessed” or “joyful” in any way. They are great [...]

It was all I could do to walk into that ballroom. I was on the tail end of a raging head cold. I was fighting the worst asthma issues I’ve had since diagnosis 6 months ago. I was fighting my inner introvert. I knew no one. There were others who met up with hometown friends. [...]

I signed up for the mom 2.0 summit last night.  Someone get me a cocktail.  I feel like my inner entrepreneur and ‘net whore is just SCREAMING with enthusiasm but my little-known inner introvert is absolutely DYING right now with anxiety. D-Y-I-N-G. It is not often that I am rendered speechless or in just plain [...]

Seriously. I’ve been dicking around with this little purple site – or, really, NOT dicking around with it for a year. I’ve struggled with having nothing to to say or being unwilling to write about certain things. I have been indecisive and unsure. I have been caught up in my head to a point where [...]