By Amy | December 15, 2009
I knew I liked Brooke MacFarlane, of Ruby Slipper Designs, when she happily manned my camera for part of my Austin Handmade Market story. Come to find out, she’s pretty awesome all around. She uses half the money she makes selling jewelry to buy cows for people in Kenya. I figured she was worth getting to know a little better, [...]
By Amy | September 24, 2009
“Amy, what do you think about adopting children from foster care?”
Well since you asked, I happen to have my soapbox sitting… right… here.
Ahem.
I’ll never forget when a fellow reporter and I were working in the edit bay at my news station, and she said, “Why would anyone adopt a foster child? They have so much [...]
I think a part of everyone can relate to taking a risk and living your dream. That’s why I love crafters. Whether they do it part-time from their kitchen table or full-time from a storefront, they know what they love to do, and they do it!
I also love to craft myself, so, you know, call [...]
I think Peter Pan had the right idea; growing up is overrated. Which I believe is why I…
never pass up a swing
get such a kick out of kids
have a soft spot for children’s causes
Like, say, getting kids adopted.
For four years I had a weekly segment called Forever Families where I featured local foster children ready for [...]
Three of my favorite syllables in the world: chocolate.
It takes zero convincing to get me into a chocolate shop, so a visit to Viva Chocolato! is just made sweeter by the company’s commitment to give back to the community. They support Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Center for Child Protection, and they’ve raised $25,000 for [...]
I’ll never forget the first time I really thought about homelessness. It was during a monologue by a guy who’d worked with the homeless, describing the hardest part of their situation. “It’s not being hungry most of the time. It’s not sleeping outside when it’s freezing,” he said. “It’s being invisible.”
So when Austin non-profit Green [...]
By Amy | February 10, 2009
Stayed up till 2 a.m. Woke up at 7. By 10 a.m. I thought it was a good time for a nap, but only because I was trying to put off writing a — yet again — long-overdue blog post. So after procrastinating on Apartment Therapy for a good hour, I put on a pot [...]
You know what I love to daydream about? Furniture arrangements. And organizing tupperware. You know where I love to shop? Thrift stores. I used to worry this may qualify me as a nerd. But sometimes our geeky obsessions (organizing tupperware) lead us exactly where we need to be: I’m freelancing for TLC!
My fetish for [...]
By Amy | December 5, 2008
The phone rings. It’s the news. Shoot. My hair looks terrible. I don’t know what to say. And what I do say will be seared onto a tape to be edited at someone else’s discretion.
Pretty spot on, right? But as nervous as you may get at the prospect of doing an interview, it’s not like [...]
By Amy | November 17, 2008
I don’t know which is more intimidating: the lights and the camera, or knowing hundreds of thousands of people will see you. Either way, doing television interviews gives people the heebie jeebies.
You’re worried about looking and sounding good, right? Sometimes the key is looking like a complete idiot first.
Go ahead and laugh, but I’ve used [...]