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December 3, 2014

Hiring Public Relations Representation as a Blogger

Not too long ago, I got an invite to an event being held in New York City from the public relation agency for a brand that a blogger friend of mine was working with. They were promoting a product where her creative content was front and center. I hated the email[...]

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October 30, 2014

Empowering Yourself By Defining Your Own Identity

I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I am almost always the biggest (fattest) person on almost every single travel media trip I am on. I am often the only person of color, which is always interesting. I am sometimes almost always the oldest too, but that'[...]

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October 13, 2014

Gentrification in Our Communities and Travels, and Our Role In It

I must've have been 10 years old. I had just moved to the Dominican Republic from Sunset Park, Brooklyn. I was spending the weekend at our family's beach condo. My father had said I could venture to the beach across the street on my own. That it was safe. I onl[...]

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March 8, 2014

My Hope for Women & Travel

It's International Women's Day and I am sitting in the inaugural Women's Travel Festival here in NYC. I am listening to the many women doing their presentations, sharing their stories, and exposing themselves emotionally for the sake of inspiring and empowering oth[...]

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February 14, 2014

Social Media and The Threat of Assumption on Our Brands

Today I made a phone call that I have wanted to make for about a year. I called a blogger whom I had been a total jerk to, and whom I had hurt with my words, and apologized. I took full responsibility for my words and my actions, acknowledged how they didn't deserv[...]

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December 6, 2013

Five Years Blogging, 10 Lessons Learned

This month marks my 5th year as a blogger. Five years. In blogging life, I suppose, that's nothing. Especially when you think about how many people have been doing it for decades and decades. For me it feels as if time has flown by, except so much has changed an[...]

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October 25, 2013

Condé Nast’s Choice To Stop Using Interns Might Help With Diversity in Media

Julia Beck, friend and founder of Forty Weeks, shared this article announcing the news that Condé Nast will stop using the help of interns to avoid liability. Liability that it has faced due to the fact that they have allegedly abused the program (and the interns)[...]

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October 24, 2013

Travel Solo, Or Not

Update 8/26/16: I wrote this post almost 3 years ago, and have taken many, many more solo trips since then. I still believe that traveling solo isn't the one way to find yourself, your strength, your weaknesses, your passions, and your soul. Over the years that hav[...]

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October 9, 2013

The Legitimate Traveler

I am still on cloud 9 from my trip to Ireland, which I have to say was probably one of the best trips I have been on in a long time for many reasons: 1) I absolutely love the UK, 2) I got to geek out and talk travel blogging with like-minded geeks at TBEX, 3) I got[...]

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September 20, 2013

Too Old? The Follow Up & Answer

Just yesterday, I wrote this. I will admit that I had pretty much started to give up, play that voice in my head of it's not a big deal. My husband worried that I would draw negative feedback from "the industry", asked if I had gotten any push back, if I had starte[...]

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Bucket list coffee shop: @mercurycoffeeco 🤎 Fr Bucket list coffee shop: @mercurycoffeeco 🤎

From a mobile coffee cart that started in March of 2024 to a brick and mortar that opened in the cool Rochester neighborhood of South Wedge in June 2025, this sweet little shop is serving up cool vibes and delicious coffee. 

Was it my third cup of coffee of the morning? Yes. Was it worth it? A million percent. 

Go give them some love. 🫶🏾☕️

#rochesterny #fingerlakes #coffeetiktok #coffeelover @visitrochester
Two things easily sooth my soul: coffee and books. Two things easily sooth my soul: coffee and books. And this afternoon was for books. Enter this cool bookstore find in Pittsford, NY: @bookculturepittsford. New for me, but this gem has been a part of the Pittsford community since December of 2021, with another location in NYC on 112th and Broadway. (Founded as Labyrinth Books in 1997).

It looks small on the outside, but it’s a massive space taking up two shops, and a garage in the back dedicated to kids’ books and gifts.

Honestly, they have such a diverse collection I am surprised I only walked away with three books. Could have easily done more damage. 

Pittsford itself is a pretty area outside of the city of Rochester and a short drive from the same, with tons to do including enjoying a bike ride on the trail along the Erie Canal (or take a cruise!), shopping in cute stores, and dining in quaint locally owned eateries. A very sweet experience. 

Add this shop to your book lover’s must see. 

#rochesterny #pittsfordny #fingerlakes #booklovers #bookshops @visitrochester
Just a video of two sleepy coffee lovers hitting u Just a video of two sleepy coffee lovers hitting up one of their favorite coffee spots in ROC, @uglyduckcoffee. Never disappoints. 🫶🏾

#rochesterny #coffeelover #coffeeshop #fingerlakes
I am on a photography assignment this week in Roch I am on a photography assignment this week in Rochester and what I love about this whole area is that no matter how often I am here, for work or leisure, I am always left impressed and in love. Here’s little gem from today (so far). Come on a stroll with me along Devils Bathtub in Mendon Pond Park. 

#mendonny #naturelover #trail @visitrochester
Moment of zen. I love the ocasional walk in the ra Moment of zen. I love the ocasional walk in the rain. Something so calming about it. ❤️

#fingerlakes #momentofzen
Today is the day we drop off our youngest, @liamca Today is the day we drop off our youngest, @liamcain._, at college. While it is an exciting period of change for all of us, it feels surreal. There was a time this moment felt so, so far away….and yet, now, it feels like it came so quickly. And  while I am thrilled for him, and for us, I am also sad. So much to process. 

Wishing my “baby” boy all the luck. ❤️

#collegedropoff #freshmanyear #college

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