//Meet Zora Gonsalves// This weekend I celebrated my grandmother’s 80th birthday. On the plane ride home I couldn’t help but recount the many ways this woman has impacted my life. You see, what’s even more remarkable than her turning this milestone age and looking the way she does, is that when I went through my post archive, I realized I’ve talked very little about her …

//Photo Taken By Christina Slaton//  After losing my job earlier this year, my soul craved a big change. So when my dad suggested doing some event contract work for his company, I jumped at the opportunity. Not because I wanted to pursue a new career path, but because this job would pay for me to travel to different cities every weekend, and I figured there’s nothing …

//Photo Courtesy: ABC News // Hearts Courtesy of Your’s Truly// Yesterday morning  I was brewing my coffee and catching up on emails when a news story on the Today Show surprisingly caught my attention. And as a show that basically serves as background noise until Kathy Lee and Hoda come on, that’s saying something. Of course I’m talking about the news of Dan Price, CEO of the Seattle …

//Photo Courtesy: The Transatlantic// I’ve always considered myself a hard worker. Whenever I have to dig in and get shit done, I’m up for it. Bring. It. On. I think a part of it has to do with being genuinely excited about work. I love being busy, and despite the bad boyfriend jobs of the past, I love getting to work on new things. But I …

Office politics. It just sounds dirty doesn’t it? Truly, I challenge you to think of a time when those words were said, and anything good followed. Hard isn’t it? If you haven’t yet felt the clean slap in the face that is the corporate political system, then I commend your choice of employer. I’d also like your recruiter’s phone number. In my last few corporate …