Last fall I met the coolest guy– chef Michael Granata. He’s a New Yorker (who all share a special spot in my heart!) and a chef with a cool local business called Granata’s Catering and Kitchen Studio. We met through a mutual friend (thanks Johnnie!) at an event at Granata’s. My husband and I monopolized [...]

Check out the winter issue of Hope for Women magazine to read my cover story on actress and activist April Lee Hernandez. April is a lovely woman and I absolutely loved interviewing her for this piece. She shot to stardom with her role opposite Oscar-winner Hilary Swank in “Freedom Writers.” But at the height of [...]

The February issue of Belle is always our wedding issue– one of my favorites! This year I got to interview reality star and children’s book author Holly Durst about her upcoming summer wedding to dentist Blake Julian. The pair met on ABC’s hit reality show “Bachelor Pad” last year. Not only did Holly win $125,000, [...]

I absolutely love David Sitton’s new book Reckless Abandon. I feel strongly about the message so working to land media interviews for David was exciting. And I was absolutely thrilled when the Hour of Power asked to schedule him as a guest. Hour of Power is seen in millions of homes and airs on the [...]

Be sure to grab your copy of the January issue of Belle while you still can! It’s a great issue full of fun pieces like how to add years to your life. (Flossing really works people!) There’s an artist profile on a local florist and our Girl Talk features an inspiring local mom who just [...]

I’m excited to announce that I’ve started writing at a new blog: Money Crashers. My first post features an interview with Jim DeBetta whom I met at Ali Brown’s recent Shine conference. I talked to Jim about how to get your products featured on HSN or QVC. According to the site, Money Crashers “strives to [...]

I’m rounding out 2011 with a double appearance in REDBOOK– including an article on my talented sister Stephanie. When my editor emailed asking if I had any pitches for stories that highlight the upside of a down economy it took me a few minutes to realize that the best story was in my own family. [...]

I love working with new magazines so I’m excited to share my article in the November issue of Town magazine with you. Town is a local magazine based in the Upstate of South Carolina. In fact, their offices are one floor below mine in the Innovate Building! I have had the opportunity recently to get [...]

Michelle Duggar is expecting! Again! This will be baby number 20 for the Duggar family. I admit that I was once a naysayer, wondering why this family felt the need to be so large. I thought surely they had to be a drain on society, but I was completely wrong. I interviewed Michelle this summer [...]

November Belle is on stands now and it’s all about giving back! Here are some of the highlights: Our Girl Talk column features an inspiring young lady who received a service award from Governor Nikki Haley. I wrote a piece on the Junior League of Spartanburg’s six decades of service. I also wrote a piece [...]

Pick up the latest issue of REDBOOK and read my article on how you can be a part of solving the water crisis. There are six easy ways highlighted in the piece. I got the opportunity to interview many amazing people who are changing the world by bringing clean water to those who need it [...]

This weekend The Today Show flew my four best friends and I out to New York City for a segment with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford. It was the most amazing experience and I’m still processing it all! A Today Show producer saw our article in The Wall Street Journal last month and thought [...]

You won’t see my name in the July issue of SELF, but I did some work for it. You may not realize this, but sometimes the experts who answer questions don’t actually write their own columns. So for the July issue I interviewed Dr. Catherine Birndorf in response to some questions submitted by readers involving [...]

Are you planning a summer vacation? I’m planning a few of them and I am very excited– especially because I’m paying cash! Summer vacations are so much more fun when you can come home without lugging a bunch of debt back with you. This month in my piece for Hope for Women Magazine I talked [...]

I’m a ball of excitement today. I was recently interviewed by Elizabeth Bernstein for an article in The Wall Street Journal. I was looking forward to seeing her article in today’s paper, but when I cracked it open at my neighborhood Starbucks this morning I had no idea my friends and I would be featured [...]

For the third month in a row I have an article in REDBOOK. This month my piece is about how to keep kids drug-free. One of the ladies I interviewed for the piece, Deb White, started an innovative program in her community of Cody, Wyoming. I talked to Deb a few times on the phone [...]

I’d say 95% of the time I love interviewing people. I love the freedom being a writer gives me to ask pretty much any question I want– no matter how crazy, bold or uncomfortable. I can talk to people about things that they may not normally tell a stranger. And after more than ten years [...]

Explorer David Livingstone said, “I’ll go anywhere as long as it’s forward.” That quote took on extra meaning for me during a recent assignment for Business Black Box, a business magazine based right here in Greenville. The editor Jordana Megonigal called me last month with an exciting (and somewhat scary) proposition. She asked me to [...]

Check out the May issue of REDBOOK (just look for Kardashian family) to read my “Be Part of the Solution” article on helping military families. It’s on newsstands this week. I’ve been working with REDBOOK for about a year and a half now on various articles, but this is my first published piece with the [...]

Finding it a little hard to believe it’s April already, but I’m excited to tell you about the latest issue of Belle! I just love the cover– our photographer is Lauren Gossett and she knows so many hidden spots perfect for our fashion shoots. Our April issue includes something no other issue ever has. Our [...]

Once our local NBC affiliate found out about our home’s 15 seconds of fame they wanted to do a story about. Reporter Mike McCormick came out and interviewed me and my real estate agent for the piece. He did a great job! Check it out at WYFF4.com. So far we’ve had no offers, although it [...]

The March issue of Belle is hitting stands now. And the little girl on the cover is adorable. Her name is Madison. She loves Dora, hates blue jeans and has a natural ability to work the camera. She won our first Cutest Baby Contest. (By the way, judging babies’ cuteness is one of the most [...]

I read an article on DaveRamsey.com earlier this month that included this statistic: “A study from Citibank found that 57% of divorced couples said money fights were the primary reason they didn’t get along.” I wanted to use that stat in a magazine article I’m working on so I Googled it and found it used [...]

I love talking about money and over the past week I got to talk about it with four very interesting and intelligent ladies for a magazine article I’m writing. First on the list was Kimberly Palmer. She writes for US News and World Report and she recently published the book “Generation Earn.” Next up was [...]