It’s pretty hot here in LA right now and we’re considering a camping trip in the next month or so once the weather cools a bit. I started camping again when I lived in Oregon and I have been obsessed with finding gourmet and fun camping meal ideas. Camp cuisine is one of the parts I really enjoy. […]
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I am ALL about buying things that make life easier and saves me time. It’s all about the little wins people! The little joys of these genius inventions just makes life go smoother and they’ve been sparking joy everyday during quarantine. Here are a couple things I’ve bought in the past year that have been […]
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via NY Times Like everyone else, we’ve been cooking A LOT lately and have been treating ourselves to takeout maybe 1-2 times a week. At our house, I’ve been the one doing the meal planning, cooking, and grocery shopping. Paul does ALL of the dishes and cleans the kitchen. Honestly, we’ve been sticking to easy […]
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We’ve been in lockdown mode in California for just over a month now and we have another month to go. I am grateful for having a roof over my head, food in my fridge and still have a job. I consider myself lucky. Being cooped up has been trying, but I’ve been distracting myself with […]
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We are living in a banana bread world – the preference of pandemic baking right after fresh bread. Here’s a little variation to bake up at home this week. I love making these banana chocolate chip muffins on a Sunday to get me fully stocked for easy breakfasts for the entire week. This recipe makes about […]
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I have been spending a lot of time on my couch due to the lockdown we are currently under in Los Angeles. Here’s what we stocked up on so we wouldn’t have to leave the house much. Which means I’ve also had a lot of free time to get caught up on movies I have […]
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The Coronavirus has a lot of people working remote. Luckily, our whole company is pretty much virtual and our team is dotted all over the USA. So it hasn’t had a huge impact on the way we work day-to-day. But I have taken the time to prep my emergency kit and stock my pantry. I’ve […]
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Spring is right around the corner! This is usually when I start to get a bit antsy and start wanting to declutter my space and start fresh. I try to give away as many things as possible and keep the things I own or store in my house to a minimum. We live in a […]
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A couple cases of the Coronavirus have popped up here in California. Though we are not freaking out about it yet, we did take the opportunity to stock up on supplies in case an outbreak were to occur where we live. In other cities that I have been following, it seems like most people are […]
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I can’t believe we are halfway through January! I haven’t been blogging as much because I really took a deep dive this year into my personal development. I’ve been reading a ton of books, going to workshops, and just focusing on the digital agency Paul and I started two years ago. I have also been […]
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My two nieces, Paul’s brother, and our sister-in-law came down from Toronto for a visit to LA back in June. Of course, no trip to LA with kids is complete until everyone gets in the car and drives down to Disneyland! I’ve been to the park a few times and there are things we always […]
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I just got back from a work conference where our digital agency just won an award! I haven’t been to a conference in a long time and I remember now how intense it can get. Between the networking events, keynote speakers, and sessions – it’s a lot. A part of me wants to get the […]
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Paul and I just got back from a weekend trip to Death Valley National Park, just a 4.5 hour drive from Los Angeles. Death Valley has been on our bucket list for a long time, so when I spotted a sale back in July for the resort located in the park – I booked our […]
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Updated October 2019 Looking for fun fall getaway ideas from Toronto? I’m sharing a few of my favourite places to watch the leaves turn that are only a short road trip away from my hometown of Toronto. I like to take the weekend away to hike, read, go to the spa and breathe in the […]
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Updated October 2019 Have you ever noticed how much of our food is wrapped in or touches plastic? Did you know that the majority of that plastic waste often ends up in the trash and some of it isn’t even recyclable? It’s even worst now because China is no longer accepting a lot of the […]
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Updated September 2019 My Los Angeles Travel Guide is SO overdue for an update! I wrote the original in 2013! We have my parents and Paul’s parents visiting next month, so I thought it was time to revisit this. We also get asked about what to eat, see, and do in Los Angeles all the […]
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I recently went through an intense period of 6 months where I was reading one personal development, self-help, business, or productivity book a week. My reason? We had just launched Doing Good Digital and I was looking for a way to shortcut our success. I started devouring all the books I could find on becoming […]
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Wow. It’s been awhile. It’s actually been almost 9 months since I’ve updated the blog. That wasn’t my original intention, but I had no idea how launching an agency with my husband was going to take over MY LIFE and also completely change it. Here’s a little recap of what happened and how we got here: […]
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Even though Paul and I moved away from Portland, Oregon just over a year ago – the city still holds a very big place in our hearts. So we were thrilled to get up there for a little visit and … Continue reading
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The good news? I’m no longer in a rut! But I was definitely in a pretty big funk this time last year. Paul and I were in our late-30s, we had just moved back in with my parents until we could figure … Continue reading
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