Thanks for stopping by! I’m so glad you could be here to share in (née, enable) my beauty obsession. More than that, I’m thrilled to get back to the thing I love doing most: writing. Face Value should be equal parts advice and laughs because, as a millennial, if there’s one thing we’re good at, it’s telling people how to do things better, am I right? Ugh…
So, I thought the best way to kick this off was with my take on the Proust Questionnaire. Since I’m 32, here are 32 things about me:
- Where are you from? Metro Detroit (Livonia).
- What is your favorite food? Pizza. Now and forever.
- What is your idea of perfect happiness? Telling other people’s stories. And eating pizza in between.
- What is your greatest fear? Complacency.
- How do you sleep at night? With great effort.
- What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Self-doubt.
- What is the trait you most deplore in others? Cruelty.
- What is your greatest extravagance? Skincare.
- What is your current state of mind? Inspired.
- Who was your first love? Peter Jennings. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.
- What is the quality you most like in a man? Compassion.
- What is the quality you most like in a woman? Determination.
- What item can you not live without? My glasses. I am blind as a bat.
- What or who is the greatest love of your life? My husband, Craig.
- When and where were you happiest? In a newsroom.
- Which talent would you most like to have? Singing.
- If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? My painfully slow decision-making.
- Where would you most like to live? I’m here! NYC <3
- What is your most treasured possession? Old cards and letters from people I love.
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Feeling trapped (in a job, in a place, in a relationship, etc.).
- What is your favorite occupation? Aunt.
- What is your most marked characteristic? Humor.
- What do you most value in your friends? Understanding, honesty.
- Who is your hero of fiction? Jo March.
- Which historical figure do you most identify with? Nellie Bly.
- What is your favorite book? Wuthering Heights.
- What is it that you most dislike? Eggs, mushrooms and soggy bread. Oh, and Wolverines.
- What is your motto? “The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- What is your favorite flower? Dahlia.
- What is your favorite color? Green (Go State!).
- What are your hobbies? Writing, cooking, fitness, travel.
- Where is one place you need to visit? Croatia.