Thank you for being here and being you.

La Flâneuse celebrates the idea of transformation in our lives, whether large or small. Here, you'll find delight and help to see that wherever you are in life, you can follow your dreams, and it's never too late to start.  

Aren’t we all in some kind of transformation, always? Maybe you’re thinking about—or starting—a new job. Maybe you want to move houses or cities or continents. Maybe you’re on the edge of ending a relationship, or dipping your toes into a new one. Maybe you just want to inspire yourself to do something different, something creative, something that excites and motivates and even scares you.

My story is an example of this.

I’m a designer, an entertaining expert, a serial entrepreneur, a former digital startup founder, and a seven-time author. I’m proud to call myself a self-made woman, and proud of my scrappy years, times when I had to take risks that often (but not always) paid off in the ways I’d hoped. Here I’ll share stories, inspirations, and ideas that will help you enjoy a beautiful moment or take the next steps toward a dream you’ve been holding.

Did you ever do something you feel in your heart is right, but that others might deem crazy? In 2021, in the latter part of the pandemic (when travel was permitted), I left my Brooklyn home, where I’d been holed up largely alone for fourteen months, in pursuit of a (still-masked) getaway to Paris. My goal was to take an advanced French class at the Sorbonne and to work remotely from the Rue de la roquette. During the trip I met a man, and that encounter launched one of the biggest transformations in my life. There were enormous decisions to make, and risks and rewards to consider. 

When we arrive at any kind of crossroads along our journey, there is so much to explore about who we are and who we can be. It’s the exquisite process of unfolding, sometimes struggling, and continually blossoming into our truest selves that we’ll share here.

I named this space La Flâneuse, because a flâneuse (or flâneur for those who identify as masculine) is a person who isn’t afraid to wander and roam with curiosity and enchantment, open to discovering what’s around the next corner. 

Wander—and wonder—with me, and we’ll do beautiful things.