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Weekend favorites - the Good-News edition
In case you missed it, I was excited to be featured at In the Powder Room with a humor essay on... wrinkles. I don't often write humor, but this one pretty much wrote itself.And now for reading...
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Austin: win a free ZiP Fast Pass for the Trail of Lights!
Austin friends - win a ZiP pass for the Trail of Lights!Have you wanted to see the Trail of Lights, but were scared off by rumors of traffic jams and wall-to-wall people? Well, some of that is true....
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Favorites around the web: January 2016
It felt freeing to take the pressure off over the holidays and just roll with it. You may have noticed that I have been inconsistent in my posting, or that I'm not here every day, or maybe you have...
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Giveaway: two tickets to the Houston Auto Show!
Photo: GMC.comThis Tuesday, I'll be joining SheBuysCars and GMC for a media event at the Houston Auto Show on January 26th and 27th. Follow along on Periscope (@austinkvs) as I drive to Houston with my...
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Houston Auto Show - Dream Gig for Car Fanatics
Alice Chase was the Thelma to my Louise on our road trip to the Houston Auto Show last week - or maybe I was Thelma and Alice was Louise? In any case, we didn’t have Brad Pitt in our car and that was...
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Friday Favorites, February 5, 2016
I have been writing like crazy lately, submitting in a flurry and getting ready for the launch of new projects. Stay tuned for next week, when I will be featured at Lexi Berndt’s site Scribbles and...
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Weekend Favorites, February 14
When I was a kid, my sister and I used to clamor for a heart-shaped pizza from Milano's pizza on Valentine's Day. We got such a kick out of that. As I grew up, I learned how to make heart-shaped pizzas...
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DFW Auto Show next week!
This week, I am once again representing SheBuysCars for a media event at the DFW Auto Show in Dallas, Texas on March 15th and 16th. Follow along on Periscope (@austinkvs) as I drive to Dallas in a Kia...
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Kia Sportage 2017: a pleasant surprise with great value
I must admit that I have been, in the past, a car snob when it came to Hyundai and Kia. I believed the old thinking that Kia and Hyundai surely makes cheap cars that fall apart.I’m standing here before...
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Best of 2015-2016
Best of 2015-2016!I was named a Voice of the Year for the past two years, and in 2014 I had the honor of reading my piece on stage. I had practiced it so much that I stripped the emotion out of it -...
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The lobster bride
I was to be married in a strapless gown within a matter of weeks, and my skin was a pasty, uneven color. So I did what any bride before spray tans might have done: I booked a series of appointments at...
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Friday Features - and a special Mazda drive!
I can't believe school is out for the summer! We are looking forward to a friend- and family-filled funfest. In the meantime, here are a few links and information on what I have been up to.* I was...
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Then came the stars
Last week, a controversial blogger shared a link about a camp for transgender kids and called it "child abuse". He said that it was the parents who made the children gay or transgender.Some of his fans...
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Featured on the Today Show Parents site: How to Raise a Good Man
On Friday, the Today Show Parenting team published my essay on sexual assault and what I want my son to know. One gentlemen misconstrued this as a post against men, but that is far from true. The key...
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Our Turbo-Charged Kia Optima Trip to NASA
A friend of mine works with NASA in Houston, and when she invited me down for a tour, I said YES without hesitation, and we set the date. My six-year-old son is the perfect age to start appreciating...
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Microblog: Teaching my son about love, no matter what form it takes
A few days ago, my son and I walked into a specialty grocery store to buy some treats for our friends who are new to Texas. We headed for the registers, and I scanned to see who was open. I steered my...
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BlogHer2016: it's all about the people
Back in 2011, when I started this blog, I had no idea what I was getting into. All I wanted was this little corner of the internet to share my writing with my two fans (thank you, sister and mom).Five...
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Vroom: car shopping from the couch
Last week, I read an account from someone who had spent four hours at a car dealership waiting for the paperwork to be processed for the car she had chosen. Four hours. That’s like sitting down...
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Book release day: So Glad They Told Me!
TODAY IS RELEASE DAY for the latest HerStories Project anthology, “So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real About Motherhood.” I am so excited to be part of this project, and honored that one of my essays...
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Friday Favorites: the Feel-Good Edition
Happy Friday! Here's a fun tip to get this party started: Google "cutest things on the internet" and you'll be glad you did. I took the summer off from Friday Favorites, but I'm glad to be back on it,...
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