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My family visits the Texas coast every year. A few years back my sister and I were running and goofing off in the shallows when my right foot got caught in a hole. To put it simply: my ankle went one way and the rest of me went the other. I couldn’t stand up so my dad had to come… Read More

Lake Como, Italy Imagine staying in a lakeside town surrounded by the Alps, dining al fresco at local bistros and cafes, walking by the lake, watching the boats and eating all the gelato. And that’s just during the day. At night, the lights from the other villages in the mountains… Read More

Sam’s monologue at the end of “The Two Towers” gets me every time. It brings back all the emotions I felt reading and watching my favorite fantasy stories as a kid. I truly believed everything would be OK, both in the make-believe world and mine. Now when the world seems completely… Read More

I make exercise, especially yoga, a priority. I know it’s hard with a busy schedule (mine is crazy) but if I treat my workout classes like a doctor’s appointment or something that’s absolutely necessary, then I’ll actually end up going. Setting aside that hour for myself resets my… Read More

I was scared of everything as a kid, but the creepy bat thing from “The Great Mouse Detective” caused the most damage. We tried watching it in my first grade class but we never got to finish the movie because I threw such a huge fit. I kept my mom awake for days because I kept having… Read More

Agent Carter on ABC. Another show with a strong female lead gone too soon. And how DARE you leave me with that cliffhanger.

Salado. It’s a village located on I-35 between Waco and Austin, and a total haven for artists. It’s full of galleries, shops, wineries and an amazing craft brewery. Not to mention Sirena, the legendary mermaid!

I try to keep a strict bedtime routine that basically involves converting my bedroom into a mini sleep spa. I turn off all overhead lights, so my room is lit only by fairy lights, a salt lamp and my DreamWave projector (from Amazon). I put lavender (or some relaxing essential oil… Read More

"I think that you have as much of a chance of having a sexual relationship with Penny as the Hubble Telescope does of discovering that in the center of every black hole is a little man with a flashlight searching for a circuit breaker." - Dr. Shelton Cooper, the Big Bang Theory