5 years ago
All posts by Bren Herrera
10 Easy Hacks to Make Your Thanksgiving Smooth Like Butter
Thanksgiving is just 7 days away and your panic mode is in full effect. I get it. So is my Mother's. She calls me about three times a day to go over the menu, remind of my obligations and contributions and also manages to throw in there how much she wishes...
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Why the REINS and RAA Acts Jeopardize Keeping Kids Safe and Healthy
Here's a little fun fact about me: I interned once for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I can't remember with certainty what legislation I was specifically assigned to eyeball, but I recall vividly my office and the piles and piles of paperwork I...
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Camo in the Streets
S ometimes in life we find ourselves contemplating everything -- what's our purpose look like? who makes up our ride or die village? are we crystal clear on who we are and what we stand for? I'm at that place in my life. I have a lot of questions. I wonder...
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Bourbon Cocktails for Boss Babes
If you're reading this, you probably appreciate life behind a hustling solopreneuer. That is, a woman in charge of everything she does in the way of making her cash flow increase. Short of answered prayers we lift up daily, the magic we conjure up, create ...
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Heifer School Milk Feeding Program for the Greater Good
This year marked 35 years since we left Cuba in chase of the American Dream in the U.S. My parents -- my mom a very pregnant 25-year-old with 9-year-old and baby in tow -- left behind everyone and everything they knew and had in order to establish a life f...
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#HANGRY Is Ending Childhood Hunger in America
I first experienced the mod term "hangry" when I was 20 during our first family trip to Europe. I remember the moment, clear as day. I was wearing canary yellow linen pants with a white linen blouse. After hours of walking and meandering the stre...
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Breakfast Vibes: Greek Yogurt with Blueberries & Dark Chocolate Granola
Breakfast can be as easy and healthy as a bowl of creamy Greek yogurt, fresh blueberries, dark chocolate (with dried cranberries) granola, crushed & toasted almonds and a sexy drizzle of maple syrup. It's so easy, it's what I do most mornings when life...
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Black Rompers and Afro Puffs
I had to fly to NY last week on whim's notice to host a few shows on Amazon.com for their live stream programming on hot summer deals; the kitchen gadgetry portion of it. I was out of town in TN when I got the call and had two days to get back to D.C. to pack....
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Girl in a Blue Dress
(This was originally published in Sept, 2011)I can't tell you how much I love this dress. When I found it 8 years ago, it was one of those "love me now" moments that visually took me to a scene in Breakfast at Tiffany's and even The Sound of Music. Do...
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Chilled Sweet English Pea & Mint Soup
Summer is here! It's time for those bright foods that cheer us up and keep us refreshed. Short of being at the beach or chillin' in a sexy cabana, good book in one hand, rosé in the other, cooking beautiful dishes that can possibly keep you excited about e...
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