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I love the reasoning from Pantone: “Combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green, Turquoise evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world, while at the same time restoring our sense of wellbeing.”

Yes, I feel like going to the beach when I see this color. Ah, I like Turquoise. This may be the new color of my bathroom

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I’ve been wanting to upgrade my laptop bag for some time now. I looked through all the listings (messenger bag, backpack, totes, etc) and finally came to the decision that I wanted a bag that could also be a purse.

I struggled between 3 different bags and briefly considered checkpoint friendly bags (I know, I know, that may come back to bite me later).

Rundown of laptop bags I considered:

The Kate (which I bought) – stylish and smaller than my current bag. Although it’s a bit wider than what I really wanted, the combo of style and space in the bag (plus accessory pouch) and 35% off discount lured me in.

The Sumo – 13″ women’s laptop purse. This purse is very cute and even smaller than the Kate. But as someone that carries a lot in a purse, would it have held my other belongings? Plus it’s slightly more expensive. Well, if the Kate doesn’t work to my expectations, I might be re-ordering in the near future.

The Trixy – more casual and looks really durable, but pretty much the same size as The Kate, so again I went with the fashionable choice. Plus, it’s slightly more expensive than both bags previously mentioned.

I also considered wheeled laptop bags, but I don’t travel THAT much. Are there other bags out there (in the same price range) that I may have missed?

I’ll know within a week whether or not I made the right choice.

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I’ve been really absent on this blog for many reasons. All those reasons are pretty boring and mundane to detail, so for the time being I’m just going to do my best to start up again.

I’ve got so many new projects it’s scary. Today my multi-tasking has finally caught up to me and I’m just plain beat. The biggest thing I can share is a new podcast I’m working on with my friend Lynn Fu. Of all my passions to broadcast to the world, I bet you didn’t see this coming, because I sure as heck didn’t.

The podcast is all about Vampires. I’m one of the millions of women who fell hook, line and sinker for the Twilight Saga. At the same time, I’ve been a big fan of True Blood on HBO. Lynn and I got really enthusiastic chatting about both stories and (with a little prodding from our friends) we rounded up the gusto to produce our own little podcast. You can find that podcast here: biteclubshow.

Truthfully, it’s scary to put my opinions out there and sounding both fanatical and crazy about Vampires probably sounds weird to you. Still, the fun of this project outweighs any apprehension I initially had. Most of all, it’s really exciting to produce something that isn’t tied into work!

I have to say that if it wasn’t for Lynn, I wouldn’t have done this podcast — remember my plans for a chocolate blog and podcast? Yeah stalled, but not dead. Sometimes you just need that extra push to get things up and running. Did I mention it’s A LOT of fun?

Well, that’s me catching up and here’s me doing the same audio style. It’s using an application called AudioBoo. I’m still unsure how I’ll continue to use AudioBoo, but so far it’s really easy to use, and the free iPhone app is very handy. Have a listen. I think the audio quality is excellent

Until next time.

E

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