mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

“Let’s all go around and share our favorite features of one another,” someone in the car said. I don’t remember who said it or where it came from, but it worked for the four of us girls during our mini road trip. So we did. “I like your lips. They’re so full and well-shaped and [...]

[Read more →]

The first time my family and I went to Disney World was back in 1998 or so; I was about 10 or 11 years old and my little brother was just an infant; obviously he doesn’t remember that vacation. Hence, it was a lot of fun to go back and experience the Most Magical Place [...]

[Read more →]

A passion for writing and a rich sense of independence runs in my family, but man…my ma is showing me up! My awesome mother, Zindie, is the published author of a new book which is about to go to the presses called Ta Lakata: The Tears of Africa. This memoir is not only the amazing [...]

[Read more →]

For the past many many years, my friends Natalie, Sara and myself have gone to as many Hanson shows as possible on their cross-country  tours, driving as much as five hours to see them. There was one particular tour where we went to TWO shows back to back here in Chicago at the House of [...]

[Read more →]

“Let’s go visit my ma next weekend, yeah?” Sean asked me on Memorial Day. I instantly agreed. Saturday afternoon, we made the drive southwest to Whiting, IN, just east of Hammond. While I was excited for the change of scenery, there were a few things of which I was slightly unsure. I mean, it’s Indiana. [...]

[Read more →]