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Continue reading →: (Royal) Wedding fever — my (matrimonial) top 5 (6)
Love is in the air, folks. And all this royal wedding hullabaloo has me thinking about my favorite media-induced matrimony moments. In celebration of Kate and William’s recent nuptials, I’m posting my top five wedding-related wedding clips of all time. Click on the photos below to watch the videos, and…
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Continue reading →: Site Redesign!
Hello, all! After an uneventful Easter, I didn’t have much to report today, but I finally got around to working on a much needed redesign. I’ll be tweaking with it throughout the week, but in the meantime, feel free to comment and let me know what you think. I’d love…
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Continue reading →: Bucket list item 1: Audition for Big BrotherAs many of you have probably already heard via my Facebook, Twitter or various other social media accounts, I recently had the opportunity to audition for Big Brother 13 — a show I have been following since its first year. While I went in knowing it was a long shot,…
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Continue reading →: You can go home again
I know a lot of you have been wondering how things went with my mom this weekend, so even though I’m tired after a long production day, I thought I’d provide an update. I left on Friday. After biking and bussing about seven miles in the wrong direction, I had…
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Continue reading →: Something to do, something to love, something to hope for
Well, folks — it’s been a long week, but I’m gearing up for an even longer weekend. For the first time since I moved to Miami, I will be leaving the city to visit family. I only wish it were under better circumstances. As most everyone who reads this probably…
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Continue reading →: Ben, bikes, boats and BiscayneI have yet to fully recover, but I figured there was a group of people out there waiting to hear all about the fabulous weekend Addam and I had with his little brother, Ben. Ben got in Wednesday afternoon, making it ridiculously difficult for me to concentrate on the interviews…
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Continue reading →: Black Swan and Brother Ben
With all the build-up I’ve been providing via this blog and Facebook, I kind of had to post an update to let everyone know that all is right in the world — Black Swan is FINALLY in stores and in my hands. Today was production day at Miami Today, but I…
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Continue reading →: My “Ultra” fun weekend with friends and festies
Bear with me guys. It’s been a long week, and I’m going on a very minimal amount of sleep. That being said, I’m going to do my damnedest to write a full, coherent blog post. After five or six years of service, Friday was Danae’s last day at Miami Today,…
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Continue reading →: “And yes, Virginia is the best.”
At one point this weekend Addam made me take a second to appreciate being exactly where I was. We were sitting on South Beach, the sun was setting, and he said, “Take a minute and look this. This is what you work all week for.” While most nights I would…
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Continue reading →: Much ado about everything
Well, I didn’t get nearly as much done as I had hoped this weekend, but it was a pleasant two days all the same. Addam was off on Friday night, and while we stayed up late, we really didn’t do much of anything. We watched a few episodes of Scrubs…
Hello, I’m Ash! I am an assistant professor in the Journalism and Public Relations Department at California State University, Long Beach. This blog serves as a personal love letter to Long Beach, as I find my community and tread toward tenure.
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