When relevant, posts are sponsored or contain affiliate links.When relevant, posts are sponsored or contain affiliate links. This wasn’t an especially great publication year for books geared towards grade-school boys (ages 6-13) because there was not a lot of new releases. … Read More

I have mentioned in previous posts that doing hair is not my thing. Since I haven’t won the lottery (that I don’t play) though, I do my hair most of the time. I transitioned from relaxed hair to natural hair … Read More

Obviously, I’m late to join the Bareburger bandwagon. On National Cheeseburger Day back in September, I asked some of my Facebook friends to share their favorite cheeseburger and my friend Sarah mentioned the one at Bareburger. I did a quick … Read More

I hope that the posts about Rock the World NYC 2015 have been helpful. This is my last post in the 10-part series. (Whew!) I will end by sharing my top ten takeaways from the one-day event… 1. If we take … Read More

I will be sharing what I learned in the breakout session/expert workshop that was led by Carolyn Herfurth before I share a final recap in this 10-part “Rock the World” series. Carolyn’s topic was “Dare To Live Your Truth: 4 Radical … Read More

Katrina Markoff, founder of Vosges Haut-Chocolat and one of Fast Company‘s Most Creative People in Business 2015, was the last of the three entrepreneurs who were interviewed by  Angela Jia Kim at Rock the World 2015. Two main themes stood out as Katrina shared about … Read More

Melissa Ben-Ishay, founder of Baked By Melissa was the second woman whom Angela Jia Kim interviewed at Rock the World 2015. There are 13 Baked By Melissa stores in the NYC metro area (within the last 6 years) and a new, gluten-free store opening … Read More

My family went to see an advanced screening of the Goosebumps movie back in July. It is such a good movie. We didn’t know what to expect because we’re not really fans of scary horror movies but it was so … Read More

Angela Jia Kim, founder of Om Aroma & Co., Savor Spa and Savor the Success, interviewed three inspiring women entrepreneurs near the end of Rock the World 2015. The first one was Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, co-founder of Gilt, co-founder and CEO … Read More

There were 24 vendors at the Marketplace at Rock the World 2015 in addition to several gift bag sponsors. All of the women entrepreneur participants offered amazing products and services. However, there were 10 businesses that really stood out to me. … Read More