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FOUNDER’S BLOG: Remembering Morocco – Embracing Daily Creativity
In December, I made a last-minute decision to feed my creativity and join a creative retreat called Dip Into 17 #DIPINTO17, hosted by Eulanda Shead Osagiede and Omo Osagiede co-founders of HDYTI (Pronounced High-Dee-Tie, an acronym for “Hey, Dip Your […]
PROFILE: The Global Homestyle of “Safomasi” at NY Now 2017
Safomasi is an award-winning home and lifestyle brand led by Sarah Fotheringham and Maninder Singh. The couple is based in New Delhi, India, although they like to jet off as often as possible to hunt for new design inspiration. I had the […]
VIDEO: Part III of III: Marriage equality around the world
An 8-year-old boy was recently the center of a controversy. At a Fairfax County School Board meeting in the United States, people of the board spoke against a change in the school’s policy to include “gender identity” in their anti-discrimination […]
PROFILE: British-Kenyan Sisters debut ZikoAfrika designs in New York
I met British-Kenyan sisters and first-time exhibitors Sisi and El at NY Now at New York’s Javits Center. Together, they founded ZikoAfrika — loosely translated as “Africa has it” — in February 2014. Both studied at the School of Oriental […]
PART 3: VISUAL: Defining LGBTQ+
Video: Lia Conger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIU0ulmGr7s
Vegan Recipes Anyone Will Enjoy! Part 1 of 3: Cashew “Cheese” Spinach Lasagna Rolls
Many people seem to think that cooking vegan is difficult, and vegan food is bland and flavorless. I’d like to break the stereotype with these incredible flavor-packed recipes! In this three part series, I’d like to share some of my […]
Friends and places may come and go, but mom is constant
Houses change. Friends come and go. I move to a new place with new people. Growing up, almost nothing in my life seemed constant. My family would move every two to four years while my father was in the air […]
Vegan Recipes Anyone Will Enjoy! Part 3 of 3: Black Bean Enchiladas
Many people seem to think that cooking vegan is difficult, and vegan food is bland and flavorless. I’d like to break the stereotype with these incredible flavor-packed recipes! In this three part series, I’d like to share some of my […]
















