Who knew flowers would be controversial? (Me. I did. 💪🏽) I live on such a cool street – it has a long artistic history, it gets used to film TV and movies and music videos and advertisements, and it’s still home to many amazing artists. It was almost demolished multiple times by the nefarious villains… Continue reading Local flower fun (and fights)
Category: misc.
Experiments with pavement crack gardening
I’ve decided to give something odd a go. In the summer, a bright red common/Rhoeas poppy plant bloomed from a crack between a house and the pavement/sidewalk* a few doors down from our house. My daughter was OBSESSED with it, wanting to pick it/pluck its petals; my son liked tracking whether it was in bud,… Continue reading Experiments with pavement crack gardening
My tiny London wildlife pond
I wrote this up in a Bryn Mawr alum group, but I wanted to share out here as well in case others are interested. I read a zillion online guides before creating mine, so I’ll try and link those out eventually! I decided I wanted a wildlife pond after seeing them on some social media… Continue reading My tiny London wildlife pond
Smartphones, social media, and parenting teens/tweens
I was recently part of a big parenting discussion group about whether a parent should allow her tween to have a smartphone with Snapchat. It produced a lot of stories and anecdotes and feelings and opinions, including a few tales of teens finding ways to circumventing parental controls or even picking up burner phones in… Continue reading Smartphones, social media, and parenting teens/tweens
Garden learnings so far
I threw together a blog post of all I was going to attempt to do to quickly get a pulled-together-looking garden, with minimal effort. Let’s revisit and see how things are shaping up now that spring has sprung! Things I’d do differently next time: Prioritising pollinators! I sort of assumed that most flowering plants were… Continue reading Garden learnings so far
Shortcuts for a pulled-together garden
I went from being pretty meh at designing interiors, to being pretty excellent at it – primarily by learning the “rules” of interior design. I decided to try and strategically learn the aesthetic rules for having a more pulled-together-looking garden, too, since prior attempts have always been a hodgepodge that looked chaotic and unconsidered at… Continue reading Shortcuts for a pulled-together garden
How and why we decided to move to London
My husband and I recently decided to move from Seattle to London. This comes as a surprise to us, as well as to many of our friends and family members. You see, even though London is a fantastic city with a much more global presence than Seattle, we’ve been quite happy with our very established… Continue reading How and why we decided to move to London
My AltConf 2016 talk: Sell Out and Save the World!
Woohoo! I’m so excited! Last year I spoke at AltConf in San Francisco during Apple’s WWDC week. I’m really proud of the talk I gave I had refined it a bunch, tested it in front of different audiences, and poured a lot of my soul into it. (And yes, a lot of emojis.) It’s a… Continue reading My AltConf 2016 talk: Sell Out and Save the World!
My top Grace Hopper session takeaways
I just wrote up a trip report for my team at Microsoft, highlighting at least one takeaway from each session I attended at Grace Hopper 2016. It occurs to me that I should share that with the rest of the world, too. Here they are! Growth and comfort never coexist.” “Ginni Rometty, Chairwoman, President… Continue reading My top Grace Hopper session takeaways
After Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper Celebration was a fantastic experience. I learned so much and met so many fascinating people, and when you get in that conference groove mindset you really connect! There’s something about a female-centric space that’s so special and supportive in its energy–it’s something I realize now that I didn’t fully appreciate while I was… Continue reading After Grace Hopper