5 Hours in London
A post on my amazing time in London!
Mindfulness in Rome
I am sitting on a covered rooftop balcony in Rome, Italy reading Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan, an exploration of the benefits of mindfulness and self-awareness. Tan explains the phenomenon he calls “Expensive Food Meditation,” where people tend to appreciate expensive food more and take their time. He argues that if we treated every …
WooCommerce Product Basics & Keywords
This first video, from is a basic introduction into adding new products into your WooCommerce site. Be sure to have information on hand, like descriptions, numbers, variations, pricing, and tags before you create a new product. https://woocommerce.com/videos/woocommerce-variable-product-overview/ This second video helps explain variable products ( ie, products with different colors, sizes, and patterns). These can …
Letter to an Incoming Freshman
Hello everyone, It’s Paige! I know it’s been a while since I last wrote, but it’s not something you can rush. When blogging becomes a chore, it looses its spark. So tonight, I’m going to talk to you all about my experience over the last year and a half, in the form of a …
Paris, France June 2015
Day 1 I’ve been dreaming of Paris ever since I was a little girl, and I can’t believe I’m actually here. The journey here was quite exciting; Owen and I had dance breaks on the plane every few hours and our family had to sprint across the Dallas Fort Worth airport to get to our …
Chamonix, France June 2015
Hello Everyone, I’m writing from my bed in Chamonix. From here, I can see Mt. Blanc and watch as the clouds play hide-and-seek with the mountains. I can hear the river cheerfully gurgling by, the birds chirping melodically. The temperature is perfect, about 75 degrees. All of our windows are wide open and the occasional …
Cinque Terre, Italy June 2015
Cinque Terre is beautiful. No pictures can do it justice and no words can describe it to its full extent. But I’ll try my best. We’re staying in Villa Montale, the ancestral home of one of the earliest families in Monterosso. Also the home of the famed Italian poet Eugenio Montale, the only Italian winner of …
Villefranche, France July 2015
First off, a quick happy birthday shout out to my dad, who is an awesome person and role model. We spent his birthday driving along the French Riviera, which was absolutely gorgeous. In all the nooks and crannies of the seaside cliffs, little villages staked their claim on the landscape. The houses flew by in …