By Day: Media Buyer Extraordinaire in the exciting world of Advertising

By Night: Daughter, Sister, Friend, table shuffleboard player, professional porch-sitter/wine-drinker/book-reader, aspiring blogger

Likes: wine, food, trivia, magazines, baseball!, crab anything, coffee, Trader Joe’s, live music, yoga, French Bread, backrubs, champagane, bar games, people/trend/cultural research

Dislikes: applesauce, rude drivers, caller-tunes, sub-zero temps, sleeping with socks on, people that don’t use their blinkers, Miracle Whip

Wants to meet: Jon Stewart, Will Smith, Diablo Cody, Zach Braff

Admires these women: MY MOTHER, my grandmother, Gwen Stefani, Oprah, Ellen DeGeneres, Diablo Cody

Lives by:
“Wherever you are, be all there.”
“Life balances.”

Listening to: Cloud Cult

Subscribes to: Mpls-St. Paul Magazine, City Pages online, Ad Age, Real Simple, Cooking for Two, Minnesota Monthly

Favorite local DJs: Mary Lucia and Mark Wheat of The Current, BT & Lee on Cities97, and JP the Radio Slave when he was on Drive105 (RIP, dear radio station)

Streams: Q101.1 (Chicago), Area 93.3 (Denver), 94.7 KNRK (Portland)

Guiltiest pleasures: just about anything on the Food Network, Pocky, “collecting” pilsner glasses from local bars, fresh mozz cheese, Flipz Chocolate-Covered Pretzels, Peanut M&Ms

PM Pick-Me-Up: Peanut M&Ms and a sugar-free Red Bull

Proud of: finishing college in 4 years despite attending 3 schools, my $8 Converse sneakers, and my eggplant parmesan

Pro: comprehensive sex ed in schools
Anti: dogs dressed as people

To Do: see every Major League ballpark, travel to Europe, try surfing, get something published in 1+ of the magazines I love/respect, have a place with an awesome, spacious kitchen, go white-water rafting in the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River