#35: New Years Eve In The Nation’s Capital.
What a great night!!
#34: Vote In A Presidential Election.
It’s the 2012 Presidential Election and Obama is running for the head honcho spot. I’m ecstatic at what the country could look like after this. But as far as voting goes, I have a conundrum. With all my moving, I’m in voting limbo state. My voter registration card is still active in Richmond, VA from when I lived there last month, but I’m living with the ‘rents in Fairfax, VA right now…. roadtrip, anyone? Let’s do this and get ‘er…
#33: Start A Pumpkin Chili Tradition.
Thanks to my former college roommate, Jackie (yup, the credit goes to you, Jax!) I was roped into this whole tradition. Start a “Pumpkin Chili Baked Inside a Real Pumpkin” Tradition on Halloween. Turns out, it’s the perfect thing to spoon and cradle in your hands on a crisp autumn day. It’s a holiday recipe inspired by my old roommate, Jacki (Told you, Jackie, I wouldn’t forget!). Here are some tips for making your own! The best size…
#32: Get Inspired To Move West.
I got a random phone call a couple weeks ago from my old best friend, Rima, from the 2nd grade. Excited, elated, inspired and stoked with a range of feel-like-a-kid-again emotions, I jumped up and down when she told me the news. “Hey Lauren! So good news… I got a job with Salesforce as a Software Engineer! Bad news, it’s in San Francisco! Jeff and I are taking 3 weeks to get out there and road-tripping…
#31: Write For Your Local Paper.
It takes a lot of great people to pull together a good local magazine or blog that helps others discover all that’s happening in that region. I’m lucky to have contributed to both GRID Magazine and RVABusiness.com Blog more than 2 dozen times. How’d I do it? Heck, it wasn’t easy. It took guts, perseverance, interviewing and a dogged pursuit of what I believed in to make my stories matter. Now, 6 months and 24 published stories later: I know the heartbeat of Richmond. I know just how…