It feels like there’s a light at the end of this long pandemic tunnel as I got vaccinated recently. I returned to work in person, we booked a couple domestic trips… just slowly easing into normalcy. With that, I’ve taken advantage of the current Shopbop Spring Sale with code: STYLE and refreshed some of my wardrobe for this season. Here…
If black leggings were ubiquitous before quarantine, they’re certainly even more of a foundational item in my wardrobe now. Throw on my husband’s sweatshirt and a big fleece jacket, and you’ll find me in this type of cozy oversized look all weekend. StyleNanda leopard fleece jacket (similar), Fear of God Essentials hoodie (shop more sweatshirts), Beyond Yoga leggings (shop more…
This past weekend, Chateau Ste. Michelle invited me to experience their outdoor igloos in celebration of Women’s History Month. I brought my best friend and pandemic podmate who is one of the women I most love celebrating life with! She works for Seattle Colleges and has told me about how Chateau Ste. Michelle provides wine for their annual Believe Gala…
A lot of people started making bread during the pandemic, so I’m late having started this journey last month. But if you follow me on Instagram (see Bread 🍞 highlight), you may have seen that I’ve hit the ground hard on this new hobby! Considering I don’t love cooking or baking, I’m surprised by my own enthusiasm in bread baking.…
Growing up, I went to small, non-diverse schools, and we didn’t read many books by BIPOC authors. In high school, we read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian author, though we didn’t really analyze the criticisms of racism, colonization, and white saviorism within the novel. I wish I could say high school English curriculum looks a lot more…
These past few weeks have been emotionally and literally exhausting with work, as educators are putting in 12-16+ hours daily with no weekends off. I won’t speak to it yet, but it is ironic with the timing of my education series haha. I’ll eventually continue the series when I have time in the evenings to write again. For now, I’m…