The cool thing about getting older is watching all my dear friends find success in their lives. Whether it's getting their first big break, getting a great job or doing something they have always wanted to do. In college, my friends and I were struggling with studies and worrying about finding the right job. Didn't have any money except for a few dollars to buy a burger or a slice of pizza. Then in our twenties, we found a job but it wasn't what we expected and suffered. We ate value meals. Then by our late twenties it looked like we finally knew where we wanted to go but had to start over. This allowed us to eat at chain restaruants. And now, as we move into our thirties, I start to see that little web life weaves take shape. A little more success along with non-chain restaurants and we are on our way.
Last night I caught up with my good friend and college roommate, Carmen. Some of you who went to Hawaii with us last year might remember her as the girl with the gorgeous handmade dress. We always have a habbit of talking to each other a lot and then falling off the face of the planet. It's a cycle that repeats. Three days ago the cycle began again when I get a call that she was going to be in LA for two days to attend a textile convention.
Last night, I got the full scoop as to what has been going on in her life. Since Hawaii she has taken on a business partner and has started creating collections. Yes, collections of clothing, as in Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. She and her partner are busy starting to sell their clothing to stores in San Francisco. They want to start selling clothes to stores in LA.
This was girl I shared a dorm with, who changed her major a million times, who graduated with an Anthropologie degree only to move to SF only to go back to school to study fasion to graudate and work in a eye glass store and now she has a business! It's amazing the web she is weaving. I am sure in 5 years I will be looking back and saying "I knew her before she bacame this big fashion designer."
Anyhoo, go support my friend and buy some clothes. Check out her address: www.proteacollection.com.
Last night I caught up with my good friend and college roommate, Carmen. Some of you who went to Hawaii with us last year might remember her as the girl with the gorgeous handmade dress. We always have a habbit of talking to each other a lot and then falling off the face of the planet. It's a cycle that repeats. Three days ago the cycle began again when I get a call that she was going to be in LA for two days to attend a textile convention.
Last night, I got the full scoop as to what has been going on in her life. Since Hawaii she has taken on a business partner and has started creating collections. Yes, collections of clothing, as in Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. She and her partner are busy starting to sell their clothing to stores in San Francisco. They want to start selling clothes to stores in LA.
This was girl I shared a dorm with, who changed her major a million times, who graduated with an Anthropologie degree only to move to SF only to go back to school to study fasion to graudate and work in a eye glass store and now she has a business! It's amazing the web she is weaving. I am sure in 5 years I will be looking back and saying "I knew her before she bacame this big fashion designer."
Anyhoo, go support my friend and buy some clothes. Check out her address: www.proteacollection.com.
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