The Scent of Autumn

September 20, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Imagine if you could put the sights and sounds of fall in a perfume bottle. This is what would go into it… Crisp emerging the corners of slightly opened windows, in the steam of morning coffeeWarm embraces wrapped in soft, charcoal grey cashmere Subdued and constant Getting lost in the hallway trying to find your […]

Reasons to Love September

September 2, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

It’s pretty simple. Labor Day weekend, aka the best long weekend to laze by the beach New York Fashion Week, aka the start of Fashion Month London Fashion Week Milan Fashion Week Paris Fashion Week All of the other Fashion Weeks and festivals happening during Fashion Month Poring through the September issues because you were […]

How to Bring Inspiration to Life

July 26, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

An introduction to how to create a vision board and make your dreams a reality

Is Outlet Shopping Really Worth It?

June 16, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Michael Kors recently settled a lawsuit for $4.8 million for misleading its outlet customers by labeling its outlet merchandise as “discounted,” when in fact, the outlet goods are made specifically for the outlet. If you ever pay attention to the clothing tags from a brand’s regular retail store at the mall vs. its outlet store, […]

Thoughts on Moving

May 31, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

A lot of people hate moving. I finished moving recently and it wasn’t terrible—this is only because I didn’t have a ton of stuff to move. Moving is still annoying—even if you just move a few neighborhoods away—but I think the key is to not collect unnecessary things. In the end, we’re all better off […]

Newport Life Magazine’s 5th Annual Writing Contest

March 6, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.

I decided to enter Newport Life Magazine’s 5th Annual Writing Contest with a fictional piece and it ended up getting published in the March/April 2015 issue. Considering how much I had to condense this piece to fit the 750-word count, I think it came out decently, but you can read it and judge for yourself… […]

#JeSuisCharlie

January 10, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Considering the events that have occurred in Paris this past week, it’s fitting that the shootings at Charlie Hebdo deserve special attention. It’s only the most violent attack against the freedom of speech in Western culture… And it’s no secret that political cartoons were offensive, but that doesn’t mean that anyone should be killed because […]

2014 Word of the Year: Psychotic

December 28, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

2014 has changed everything I thought I knew–it turns out that there were so many things that I had not been sensitive to, or let alone been aware of. In 2013, I spent most of my time reinventing myself. I did donate 11 inches of my hair and got blonde highlights, but that was actually […]

Election Day 2014

November 3, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I posted the link to the Bad Reputation PSA video on my latest Weekend Reads blog post, but in honor of Election Day, I just want to stress how significant it is to vote. “Bad Reputation” may be making a strong statement, but it’s an important one. There are several reasons why the midterms this […]

Emma Watson HeForShe Speech at the United Nations

September 23, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Earlier this week, actress and activist Emma Watson gave a powerful speech at the United Nations about eliminating gender inequality and building a more balanced relationship between men and women. The more I’ve spoken about feminism, the more I have realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there […]