

Dallas is...
My husband and I will be in our apartment in San Francisco in seven days. SEVEN. One week. I haven't fully wrapped my head around it. I still feel like we're just going on another trip (with everything we own--but that's neither here nor there). My husband grew up in Flower Mound, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, went to Texas Tech for college, and moved back to the Dallas area after college. I grew up in Sugar Land, Texas, a suburb of Houston, moved to OSU/Texas Tech for college,


Five favorite books of 2015 + Dallas coffee pairings
If you know me well, you know there are two things I can't go a day without: a book and a cup of coffee. I read every single day, and I drink way more coffee than I should. I am already freaking out over the caffeine restrictions for pregnant women, and my husband and I are still years away from children. That, my friends, is called an addiction. I challenged myself to read a variety of books this year. The variation includes, but is not limited to: Read a book with more than


An Open Letter to My Former Students
It's that time of the year again: back to school. This time last year I was preparing for my first group of students, and now I am preparing to move across the country to San Francisco and to launch back into my public relations career. I am ecstatic to get back into the PR scene with Edelman in the Bay Area, and I feel very fortunate to have had such wonderful experiences in both PR and education. I especially value the relationships I've built in both careers, whether they