May 5th marked the latest installment of the annual Little Haiti Book Festival. This was my first time attending the fair and it was such a wonderful time! The Little Haiti Book Festival is presented by the Miami Book Fair […]
About a week ago, I was in Haiti visiting relatives with my family in Cap-Haïtien for the first time in 23 years. I felt so many emotions while I was there: happiness, pride, anxiety … Does hot count as an […]
Four months ago I shaved all of my hair off. Well, technically I went to my uncle who’s a barber to get it done. I had been mulling over the idea about whether or not I would do it for […]
You may not know her name, but you definitely know her work. Ann Shoket was Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen magazine from 2007 to 2014, and is at least partially responsible for you being the young woman you are today. I mean, […]
Our story begins harmlessly enough. Girl googles “sugar addiction” and eventually falls down a rabbit hole of diabetes, sugar substitutes, and cocaine. Seriously, isn’t it insane that ‘sugar-is-more-addictive-than-cocaine’ is the internet’s dominant analogy to describe people’s relationship with the white (sweet) […]
It’s time to finish up our Mexico as a tourist post! If you tuned in yesterday, you read Four Things to Do While Visiting Mexico as a Tourist. Here are the last three things that you should do if you […]