I‘m from Los Angeles, I can make a mean taco, that’s just a fact. I grew up eating a variety of them. The usual being a ground turkey taco dorado. Dorado is a crispy shell
A mother. A wife. An entrepreneur. And I aim to look good while I do it.
Food
The Hautemommie EATS: Fried Catfish Sandwich
Most people hear catfish and immediately have New Orleans on their heart. A po’ boy dancing in their brain, with remoulade, in a baguette that had it’s soft flesh pulled out to make room for
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Motherhood
Getting Your Kids Excited For School During A Pandemic
Here in Los Angeles we have been on lockdown, quarantining, and out of school since March. While we, like other parents, had hoped that school would resume within a few weeks of it ending but
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Lifestyle
One Phrase That Has Helped Me Cope With The Pandemic
We’re now in day 150-something of the shutdown and the onset of the pandemic. Since March we’ve all been working hard and hardly playing. It certainly has taken its toll. Those of us who were
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Career
Why I Started Saying No To Unpaid Influencer Campaigns
In industry after industry, we’re watching companies and brands being taken to task for their lack of equitable and equal treatment of Black people. Since 2009 I have encountered and worked with many brands and it’s brought me here. Finally ready to say no to unpaid influencer campaigns. This industry needs a change and I’m ready to make it. Join me!
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Career
What It Means To Find Your Voice As A Writer
I barely started considering myself a writer last week. Ok not really, but it has taken me a while. Coming to terms with the fact that aspiring writer no longer suited me was interesting. Largely
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Food
The Hautemommie EATS – A Juneteenth Celebration We’re #CookingForFreedom
Juneteenth is a holiday to commemorate the emancipation of the last enslaved people in Texas in 1865. Two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed. That’s right, though President Lincoln had freed enslaved Africans
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Career
Creating A Life Manifesto
My entire life has been about writing everything down. Whether that meant to do lists or my life plans, putting pen to paper when it came to my future was important. Creating vision boards and