Jenna

My baby girl is blogging! She’s really smart and funny and pretty [as if that matters.]

[IT DOES.]

Check her out. She’s the best!

typicallyeclectic:

I am back. After a long hiatus from the rocky start of my blog, lots of thinking & stressing, and the new year [plus, the encouragement of one very special friend] - it’s time that I pick this thing back up and start creating.

This is my first post [well, 4th] toward becoming a blogger. It’s…

January 1, 2012 - This photo was taken at exactly 3am EST on New Years Day in New York City. Happy new year!

Aaron & I met in New York [though we were both born and raised in Southern California], so we wanted a few engagement photos taken here.

My friend, Stephanie, took some photos of us today  and is an INCREDIBLE photographer [see above]. If you live in New York & want your picture taken, let me know - I am continually blown away by her talent.

heylaney:

In bullet form. Because me, as a parent, has very limited typing time:

• It’s much more intuitive than I thought it would be. I’m a “go to the information” type person but all those books I bought? Those posts and articles I bookmarked? They’re gathering literal and figurative…

This is lovely. You’re both beautiful mothers & it makes me love my own that much more.

alphamale75:

1)YES. She’s my only follower. (but i still continue to post on this as if I had many more.)

 2)YES. She’s one of my best friends.

3)YES. I’ll hopefully be walking her down the isle on her wedding day.

4)YES. We are related despite the difference in the pigment of our skin.

5)YES. She’s the shit.

MY BROTHER. Heart this little [but also, VERY big] brother munchkin of mine.

I’ll be getting married here.

I could not agree with this more. Given that both of my parents are police officers, it gets incredibly frustrating to hear people generalize ALL police officers as brutal, non-peaceful people.

girlwithalessonplan:

In the midst of Occupy ____________, please keep in mind there are good police officers out there.

I’m likely in the minority here, and yes, I know I am biased because I am in a relationship with an officer. He and I have had frank discussions of our views on the Occupy movement. I think what…

I guess I’m stuck with him.

octaviaminor:

Life is laugh-out-loud funny sometimes. Yesterday was the perfect example. We officially launched Daughters of Simone 4 months ago and really only put decent inventory up 3 weeks ago. We’re updating our structure and constantly asking ourselves what we can do to sustainably build this business. We began as two girls who met every Wednesday over homemade dinners and vino to discuss our “passion project” (which had nothing to do with bridal, by the way), and now only a year later, we get thrown this huge curve ball that we never expected coming our way. Heck, I didn’t even know we were a possible target. All I can ask myself is HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE GET HERE? I’m a part of this and I have no idea!

So here comes the curve ball:
Our Daughters of Simone interview with SF Indie Fashion blogger, Lorraine Sanders from a couple weeks back got picked up and featured on the Huffington Post yesterday! We had zero idea this was going to happen. As you can imagine, we’re pretty happy (and shocked) girls! Every single tiny mention via blog or word of mouth means the world to us, so to see our names on The Huffington Post literally brings me to laughter/a state of confusion/unexplainable excitement! Regardless of still being in complete dismay — thanks again for all of the continuous support from our family, friends, friends of friends, customers, and the sweet women who have e-mailed us saying that they hope to become customers in the future.

We have a lot of work to do, but this is another nudge to keep the ball rolling!

I am so proud of these girls! Their store is brilliant & their talent is limitless, and I’m so excited to see their work get noticed. Check out of Daughters of Simone, if you haven’t already!

Happy 4th of July, y’all.

I really enjoy a lot of the people who work here. Happy belated, Carrot!

carrotcreative:

Last month, we celebrated Carrot Creative’s sixth birthday in our penthouse office with cocktails, a perfect view of the Manhattan skyline, and 200 of our favorite people. Here’s a glimpse into our special evening.

allthingsalishan:

Look at this fuckin’ hipster in the bacon bib.

My future son-in-law is the cutest.

This is important.

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good: More than 35 percent of surveyed American adults say that they have a family member who is married to someone of a different race. Compare this to just 20 years ago, when less than half of the American public believed it acceptable for whites to marry blacks. It’s a clear indication that attitudes and behaviors are shifting with the times.

A collaboration between GOOD and Column Five Media

See more infographics →

Infographic: Evolving Attitudes About Interracial Marriage - Culture - GOOD

I am speaking on a panel tonight, you guys. Other people want to hear my words.

Like, what? But seriously, exciting. And also, my mom is so excited, she is accompanying me so she can take pictures. Proud, cute mama :)

My friend, Jacqueline, is a nail artiste. I give her free rein over my nail beds and she gives me this!

She keeps me young.

I went to Coachella this year - and it was everything I expected it to be [e.g., hot, dusty, lots of nudity, celebrity sightings, hippie hipsters galore]. I don’t have the requisite hippie chic look quite down, but nobody seemed to care what I looked like anyway, which was both liberating and disconcerting, considering my unnecessary effort to look somewhat cute.

Anyway. The music was incredible and my company was even better. [And there was a beer garden - a beer garden! I’m thinking of planting one in my own backyard.]

These were my two favorite photos of the many I took that weekend.

Oh, what’s up, first year of grad school? I could write some long post here about how I’ve accomplished the goals I set out to achieve when I first started grad school and I’m proud of this moment and blah blah blah. All of those things are true, but I just want kick back and look at this for a minute.

Sidenote: My roommate doesn’t seem to appreciate my boastfulness, but I think he can suck it, because I’ve fucking earned it. I’ve informed him as such.

octaviaminor:

| FASHION INDULGE |

Cranked out some new dresses on our Daughter’s of Simone Page! I’m proud to introduce to you Emma, Andie and Lola! Thanks for all of the support and keep passing the DOS word, xx

• Me: I have a new celebrity crush for my list.
• Boyfriend: Who is it?
• Me: Mark Ballas.
• Boyfriend: Does he have as many Twitter followers as me?
• Me: Let's see - you have 94, he has 88,000.
• Boyfriend: Hmph.
• [Seconds later...]
• Me: You know what a celebrity crush means, right?
• Boyfriend: ...
• Me: It means...
• Boyfriend: No, NO! Stop right there. I know what you're going to say and I do not authorize that.
• Me: I authorize it for you!
• Boyfriend: I'm no fool. There's a lot higher possibility of you sleeping with someone of celebrity stature because you're a lot more attractive and female and pretty and you're interrupting my homework, good day!