Writing is my first love. I’m fanatical about efficiency and I love to think about how technology can help us accomplish and organize everything, but I also enjoy old-fashioned things like dressing too formally, using the word “shall,” and day tripping to historical sites. I live in weird, old, beautiful Richmond, Virginia with my husband and kids.

I just wrapped up my time as Director of DesignOps at Condé Nast, where I worked to maximize the time that our global team of designers, content designers, and UX researchers could devote to their crafts by making sure they had the right tools, structures, and opportunities in place to thrive and to grow. Before that I spent eight years in community support at Tumblr, where I focused on various facets of the support ecosystem including help documentation, incident management, user outreach, product launch support, feature requests, ticket quality assurance, and prioritization.

Online in a million places

• Tumblr: day-to-day stream of consciousness and general internet goodness.

• Parasol Party: intermittent life updates since 2006.

• Flickr: photography, mostly of babies and cats.

• Instagram: phone photography! also mostly of babies and cats.

• Twitter: one-liners for those one-line moments.

• Pinterest: clothes, meals, art, travel ideas, etc.

• RVANews: writings for RVANews including Richmond Proper (my old etiquette column).

• Goodreads

• Facebook

• LinkedIn

Likes / Interests

reading. hiking. day trips. historical sites. picnics. optical toys. founding fathers. virginia wines. photography. church hill. etiquette. yard games. storytelling. arachnids and felines. breakfast. archaeology. crafting. old-school Nintendo, new-school Nintendo. dressing well. making itineraries. garden mazes. holidays. tiny stuff. gadgets. gardening. cooking. spooky stuff. sci-fi. rubber stamps. yoga. faith and how people experience it. receiving handmade cards from friends.

Recommendations

• Regularly scheduled programming: a list of my favorite feeds and podcasts. this is how I consume information, mostly.

• The weekend guide to Richmond: this is a few years old now and in need of an update, but still a good way to experience the city if you've only got a weekend.