Writing

Tonight is our first Declaration Redux. I keep trying to tell my story in a few different ways, so we'll see how tonight goes over. Condensing it all into just 5 minutes is rather tough, but I am thinking of it like a tr…

Just some background: In the Spring of 2016, I declared my thesis. Beacon - a non-profit, online media platform that will engage and inspire young American girls about Science through interactive content and social cinem…

Ever since I moved to LA, and I am commuting in my car as opposed to public transit, I traded in my kindle for listening to NPR. Sadly, most of the time I am actually driving the programming is not the most compelling. (…

Tim Burton’s Big Eyes has burst into theaters this season, telling the story of Margaret Keane and her big eyed waifs (and the fraud her husband committed surrounding them). The paintings were the height of 1970s kitsch …

Aqua Art Fair is in itself an experience - the Aqua Motel is transformed into a series of galleries, each room is removed of its furniture and a gallery takes over the space. The courtyard has a DJ and a bar, and each ro…

I am a sucker for a fabulous cover. I love to wander the magazine racks at newsstands and just ponder the imagery and typography of the magazines, whether they are American or foreign, about fashion or design or even wri…

I haven’t spent much time in Downtown LA, but I have always wanted the excuse to go. As any Angeleno knows, you need a really good excuse to get out of your neighborhood and drive the 45 minutes (12 miles) to get downtow…

I am a member of the LACMA’s Costume Council, so when I saw the invitation to visit the LACMA on a private tour with the curator of the exhibit I jumped on the chance. Sharon S. Takeda, Senior Curator and Department Head…

I am not a Foodie. I honestly have a pretty strange palette, which probably emanates from the fact that I have no sense of smell (which was a fabulous trick when working with all men, but not so great when eating). I hav…

The LACMA has been one of my favorite escapes this Spring. Two of their recent exhibits have been eye opening, and both for completely different reasons. James Turrell: A Retrospective explores the artists use of landsca…

I have been to conferences, or what I thought were conferences. These were women in business or structured finance conferences where you were there solely to mingle and the free coffee was necessary to keep you awake bet…

Traffic: defined as vehicles moving on a road or public highway. The term is actually defined with the word “moving.” Obviously, the dictionary has never driven in Los Angeles Before you move to Los Angeles, all you hear…

I started working out in my 30s, when I needed an excuse to work out the stress, and outlet for my rage, and a means of getting rid of my muffin top. I was a skinny child, but my weight fluctuated all through my early ad…