Meet the Bloggers: Our Contributors

Emily Hsieh – San Francisco, CA

• My secret fantasy job is to be a florist
• I’m big on small luxuries, like Marvis toothpaste
• I’ll never pass up pasta Bolognese if it’s on the menu

Svetlana Legetic – Washington, DC

• I’m 30 years old and I don’t know how to drive
• I’ve never in my life played basketball or worn heels
• I’ve known all the words to “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” since I was 10

Elise Loehnen – Venice, CA

• I am a former Mathlete
• A favorite childhood creation: cottage cheese plus apple sauce plus macaroni and cheese
• I'm convinced I'm a horse whisperer

Alisa Gould-Simon – Los Angeles, CA

• I have very small feet (and even smaller toes)
• For the first 22 years of my life, I thought I was allergic to pickles
• People chronically mispronounce my name (it’s UH-LISA)

Sam Turner – Brooklyn, NY

• I’ve never met a ‘90s dance party I didn’t like
• I have a skin-tight Heineken dress–that I actually wear
• On my to-do list: learning the dance moves in Ciara’s “Ride” video

Fiorella Valdesolo – Brooklyn, NY

• My first and last name together mean “little flower in the valley of the sun”
• I was born on Friday the 13th—in October, no less
• In eighth grade, I was voted Most Likely to Be on Beverly Hills 90210

Sarah Z. Wexler – Brooklyn, NY (for now)

• Yes, I've had cookie dough for breakfast
• I'm the author of Living Large and Awful First Dates
• I use nail art as a way to curb my nail-biting ways