Christmas is a very special time in my family because we get to come together and celebrate the holiday with our homemade, authentic Ukrainian dishes and make memories. These recipes have been in my dad's family for centuries and I wanted to share a few of them with you. They definitely are the best tasting [...]
Creating my blog and sharing content about SoCal was one of my biggest accomplishments this year and one of my top 3 goals in life. I wanted to share a blog article I wrote awhile back for GoDaddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, that discusses tips for designing your own business cards. I made [...]
I was recently summoned for jury duty. Again. This is my 4th year I have received a summons since I registered in the state in 2012. Yup, I am one of the lucky ones. After a 1 year period from the date you are summoned, you can possibly get called again. However, I have never served on [...]
So I have a confession to make, 6 years later: Once I left Minnesota and moved the LA, the first 3 years of being here I loathed my hometown of Minneapolis. I felt like my friends and family were stuck and didn't know how move on. I was being exposed to such a different culture in [...]
I cannot believe Thanksgiving week is already here! Where has the time gone? :) I usually spend Thanksgiving with friends, I don't go home to visit with my parents. Christmas is usually the more dominant holiday in my family. The first year I was in the LA area , I started feeling a bit overwhelmed [...]
I had 3 day weekend this past week and with all of the busy work lately, I was dying to go on a mini getaway, so I decided to book a flight to Denver. I wanted to choose an area that I knew I could get done in 2 and a half days. Originally I [...]
I wanted to send a quick message to Americans that I can't encourage everyone enough - especially those in my home state of California - to get out and vote today. As someone who works in news on a now freelance basis, this election, in my opinion, has become the most "media sensationalized" election I [...]
In the continuation of my "Kanye West rant" on dating, I am actually going to stand in the man's corner for a second, look at all of the females and say this: Is your man happy in your relationship? Are you really treating your man right? Are you really self aware of it? If there are [...]
Fall is my favorite season of the year! If you check out my Pinterest page and click on the "Fall" category, you'll see how much I adore it. I love the crisp, cool air and changing colors. It's also a great time to break out the squash, pumpkin and apples for cooking and baking! I [...]
In recent months I have gotten some emails from readers wanting me to give them advice about dating in SoCal. After all, it is one of my categories on my blog! Most of these women have been between the ages of 28 - 39. I've been dodging it, but I think it's time to speak. [...]
