My primary and really only mode of transportation around DC is public transit. I ditched my compact car in Vegas for environmental, financial and not-so-bougie reasons. Unlike my car-driving bretheren, I’m totally cool with sharing the bus with homeless people. Avoiding humanity in all its forms is like trying to avoid breathing air. There are [...]
Lost in fiction
Every once in awhile I like to lose myself in a series of sci-fi or fantasy novels. First it was Roald Dahl, then Lord of the Rings, then Harry Potter. I read Harry Potter over and over again until the seventh book finally came out. On the hunt for a new adventure, I came across [...]
New Year Resolutions: Make it or break it
I've never been one for resolutions at the beginning of a year. But I think this year is a good one to start. I've graduated, I'm looking for new career opportunities…so it's a good time to set some short and long term goals to help get down the right path in this new life I'm [...]
A fresh way to start
Bonjour! Hola! Hello! This is a personal blog about some issues I'm passionate about: journalism, the arts, feminism, and francophilia. I want to make this an intelligent blog that is not just filled with my own inane thoughts but also a place to converse, collaborate, and inspire. That is part of the reason why I [...]
Using Resume Blog as Personal Blog
Someone on Mashable put up a social media quiz (I can’t find it right now) and it mentioned constantly updating your personal portfolio site with professional and personal (but not TMI personal) information. So I thought, Why not? What’s up this week: Posted a couple articles on EcoStreets about Maglev and road construction. Trying hard [...]
Rencontre
I am a master’s student at the University of Nevada, Reno in Interactive and Environmental Journalism. Here, I hope to learn and invent new ways to think about and do journalism – engaging the public, multimedia, social media, and, of course, writing stories. This blog is aimed at potential employers, professors and teachers, and curious [...]



