My friend, Lori, lives in the UK – we were friends before she moved there, we were friends while we all lived there and we’re still friends these many years later. So when I saw that she’d pinned this on Pinterest: Source I knew I’d have to make one and send it to her. I […]
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Embracing New Things: What a Start
I’d say that I’m now firmly ensconced in my new role with the City of Plano. I’ve now been in place for just over six weeks and I’m still loving every minute of it. And how could I not, with such crazy, interesting, challenging and fun days? There was a big design reveal of Toyota’s […]
Visiting the Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas
I love history and I love visiting presidential museums. Regardless of your opinion on a particular president and whether you voted for him or not, it’s interesting to see the presidential perspective on his term and to review the events of his presidency with the benefit of hindsight.I wasn’t sure what to expect at the […]
Tower Tipping: Not Trees, Not Cows, Just a Tower
The week before I started the best-job-ever, I snuck into a new job related event. It’s fun being unofficially official! In 1985, this was built to serve Legacy business park: But the tower sat unused for the last five years and needed to be removed to faciltate the development of Legacy West, a new 250-acre […]
Spray Tanning for a Novice
Tan in this photo is not as natural as it appears. I am a very white white girl. Strawberry blonde, with a burn-then return to ghostly white skin. I’ve tried tanning booths – paying money for a burn to turn ghostly white. I’ve tried applying sunscreen and sitting in the sun – only to burn […]
A Beauty Flunkie Learns New Tricks
I had yet another silly 101 list goal – to get a professional makeover. I didn’t really want to be made over into someone that I wasn’t. I wanted to learn how to put on makeup properly, because outside of theater and clowning, I’ve never had a makeup lesson. Ever. That’s how I found myself […]
Four Seasons and Always Beautiful
Just a silly little post to update on a silly little 101 list item – take a photo of a place in every season. As a runner in the Dallas metro area, I spend more than a fair amount of time at White Rock Lake making it fair game for my photo project. Summer sunrise: […]
The Other Side of Yelp – Events
I started posting reviews on Yelp in early 2014. Since then, I’ve steadily contributed more to the community, learned how to distinguish what reviewers I can trust and have started commenting in the Yelp talk threads. I’ve even been named a Yelp elite for both 2014 and 2015. (For whatever that’s worth – I suppose […]
Feeling Ladytastic at The Beauty Bar
My friend, Sarah, and I wanted to get together the other week for a happy hour and long-overdue chat. She texted and asked where I wanted to go. I didn’t much matter to me – or to her – which meant that it was the perfect opportunity to do something really different. Something like a […]