The thing about going away is that when you walk into your house after ONE MILLION HOURS of traveling, it’s like you’ve cuddled into the lap of the biggest mama ever. If you’re lucky. And I am super lucky, because I have a dreamy house and dreamy boy and dreamy cat to come back to. [...]

At the beginning of March, I made a quick and dirty Facebook status update, asking if other women would want to get together to map out business plans & goals for art/work & network & inspire & brainstorm. The response seemed positive, and more and more interest in this formed in my head. So many [...]

I’ve been feeling pretty under the weather, crazy migraines and vision problems to the point where I’m essentially blind all day – I see double and can’t focus past a few feet from my face. Apparently it’s stress, but it’s so stressful to be mostly blind that it’s hard to relax. Hooray. So I’ve been [...]

Hope everyone had a delightful Sunday! This was my first weekend at home to just rest in ohhhh, over a month? A lot of walking, thrifting, a little Etsy-photo-taking, and watching the new Poirot. We’re like old people around here!! Sometimes it’s just nice to be cozy. Thursday & Friday were spent at Flora & [...]

I think now it is time to introduce my lovely Parisian host, Mathyld. She really welcomed both me and my coworker, bringing us muffins and mapping out quick walks while we were still on work-time, and welcoming me into her home on my last few days in Paris, which allowed me a little extra vacation! [...]

A little break from Paris, and mostly photos. We took the train to Bonn from Paris for our conference. 1st class seats were only 10 Euro more and included free internet and lunch, so it was a nice 4 hour comfy ride, watching the countryside roll by. I’ve never taken a train in Europe (and [...]

Sick of Paris yet?! But I have so many more images!! Maybe I’ll do a Bonn/Brussels post next to shake it up a little. I haven’t even come close to editing all of them, AND I just realized I never finished writing about this last Vermont trip. LIFE. YOU ARE GOING TOO FAST. Did I [...]

Stand out observations of Parisian style: everyone really dresses the same, and French women don’t wear pants. Why should they, with thighs like sticks? Just throw on a chambray button-up, belt it, and go. Personally, my thighs are in the realm of Lady Gaga, not Vanessa Paradis, so I’ll opt for stockings. Or, you know, [...]

Our first 2 hotels were in the 9th, so I spent some time wandering the 9th and Montmartre. The Rue des Martyrs is a gluttons dream, with a million gorgeous bakeries, ice cream shops, and restaurants. Perfect for exploring. We stayed in each hotel for 2 days, (sandwiched between Germany and Belgium) and this time [...]

I work as the Web Strategist for Fair Trade Certified, and every year there’s a meeting in Bonn, Germany, to discuss marketing and communications, to brainstorm, and to meet our colleagues overseas. This is the first time I’ve attended, and my first trip to Paris! We flew in and out of Paris because it was cheaper, [...]

I’ll have so so so many actual photos to edit and put up when I return (and i’m shooting some film, even! we’ll see how it turns out) but for now, i’m putting up a few iPhone shots on flickr when I think of it. I was fluctuating toward misery for the first week – [...]