My work: real estate and business litigation


My passion: philanthropy. I serve as current board chair of Savannah Chatham County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children).



My favorite possession: my J. Crew flip-flops


My best bargain find: My 12-year-old shepherd/chow/retriever mix, Buster! He was a rescue I found in New Orleans while in law school.

My hometown: Virginia Beach 
I’m thinking about: the new CASA web site.


Words I live by: “Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” ~Mary Kay Ash

I am most proud of: my parents. Last major purchase: a new hybrid car


The food I could eat every day: spinach


The most important thing I ever lost: my grandparents


I still can’t get the hang of: skiing.


The world would be a better place, if only: everyone volunteered for a nonprofit charity.


I’d like to learn to: be a better gardener.

Work: Keeping Tybee Island informed and entertained.

I love: Rainy days at the beach.

My favorite possession: My cat, Asti, she is a special creature that has touched my soul.

My hometown: Tampa, FL.

Words I live by: “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.  Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.”  ~ Harvey Fierstein

I can’t live without: Manicures & pedicures.

I am most proud of: My 17-month-old daughter.

I’m inspired by: Positive people.

One thing I never want to do again: Work for someone else.

If I could be totally wild, I would: Move every two years to see the world.

I am guilty of: Gossiping.

The best thing I ever won: Miss Hawaiian Tropic contest. I know one day I will look back on those photos and smile.

My best friend says I am: A workaholic.

I still can’t get the hang of: Juggling my work and my baby.

My work: Turning ideas into images and bringing something a little different to the local art community.

My passion: My darling daughter.

I love: To make things by hand.

My favorite possession: The lounge chair on my patio. It's my escape.

I am most proud of: Being like my mother.

I’m thinking about: Where do I go from here?

What keeps me awake at night: Zombie movies. They give me the worst nightmares.

One thing I never want to do again: Quit something for no good reason.

If I could be totally wild, I would: Learn sword swallowing and take my act on the road.

If I could do it all over again: I'd elope to Vegas and Elvis would perform the ceremony.

I wish I’d known: It gets harder, but more rewarding.

Words I live by: The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. -J. M. Barrie

My hometown: Atlanta, GA

I am guilty of: Over-thinking everything.

My work: religious activist, occult researcher, writer and advisor.

I love: a rainy afternoon.

My favorite possession: my mother’s pearl necklace. She wore it on her wedding day.

My hometown: Carolina, Puerto Rico

I’m thinking about: the premiere of a new paranormal reality series based in Savannah, which I am a cast member for.

Words I live by: you only get what you give.

I can’t live without: my computer.

I’m inspired by: nature and humanity. At times seeing the beauty of all chaos.

One thing I never want to do again: move.

If I could be totally wild, I would: join the circus.

I am guilty of: eating too many chocolates.

Right now I’m reading: The Gullah People And Their African Heritage By William S. Pollitzer

Favorite website: www.savannahpaganpride.com

Last major purchase: a case of good wine for a party I am hosting.

My work: Moving Savannah into the 21st century and improving life for ALL who live here.

My passion: Self-sufficiency.

I love: Dark sunglasses...the best way to be incognito.

My favorite possession: My home...it feels good to own something of real value.

My best bargain find: IKEA.

My hometown: Savannah.

I’m thinking about: What’s next for the future?

Words I live by: "A smart man doesn't always know the answers, but he knows where to find them."

I can’t live without: Cute shoes!

I am most proud of: Being able to take care of my sister.

I’m inspired by: Visiting new places.

What keeps me awake at night: My long to-do list.

One thing I never want to do again: Work 50 hours a week at a job that makes me completely unhappy.

If I could be totally wild, I would: Move to New York and work as a makeup artist.

I am guilty of: Being judgmental.

Right now I’m reading: “The Art of War” by Sun-Tzu.

My work: Weekdays, director of online recruitment at SCAD. Nights and weekends, I’m the Savannah SandGnats mascot.

I love: Baltimore Orioles baseball (die-hard, fanatic, obsessed)!

My favorite possession: A 1978 Polaroid photo of my grandfather and my favorite baseball player, Doug DeCinces.

My best bargain find: A 1920s slide projector that works with four wooden boxes of glass slides.

I am most proud: that in five seasons as Gnate, I’ve only missed 14 out of 350 games while working full time and successfully pursuing a master's in photography.

I’m inspired by: My parents, who have been married for 51 years.

Last major purchase: Had standing water and mold removed from under my house. Fantastic!

The food I could eat every day: Maryland steamed crabs.

My best friend says I am: Hard-headed.

I still can’t get the hang of: People being mean to Gnate. He’s been punched, kicked, slapped, bit, mostly by adults. Drives him “gnuts”!

I’d like to learn to: Play the drums.

I feel strongest when: I’m eating well and working out.

My work: Is downtown, inside Drayton Tower.

My passion: My kids and my new granddaughter.

I love: When people come into the bakery and are blown away by what we do.

My favorite possession: Old pictures, old love letters, any keepsakes.

My best bargain find:  Bargain-hunting is one of my hobbies, I have found some great stuff.

My hometown: Richmond, VA.

I’m thinking about: Constantly thinking about our business.

Words I live by: “If you put everything off till you’re sure of it, you’ll get nothing done.”- Norman Vincent Peale

I’m inspired by: God’s beauty – every day.

One thing I never want to do again: Marry Sam again. We tried that twice – now we just work together!

My work: What could be better than helping others discover books they love?

My passion: Finding and reading great books and avoiding bad ones.

I love: My precious daughter even more than books and that’s a lot!

My favorite possession: A photograph I took of my grandmother’s hands.

My best bargain find: A rare photography book on the Russian ballet for $2 at a thrift sale.

My hometown: Opelika, AL, the idyllic smallish southern town.

I’m thinking about: How to squeeze 48 hours of work into 24.

Words I live by: What time is it?

I can’t live without: Leopold’s chocolate ice cream.

My work: Helping the people of the world empower each other to grow their own food.

My passion: Spending half the year living in a tent on an exotic beach and the other half in a treehouse in South Carolina. Minimalism, self sustainability, portability, being outside.

I love: Dancing, singing, painting, the ocean.

My favorite possession: My hula hoop.

My best bargain find: Figuring out how to use Skype.

My hometown: Atlanta.

I’m thinking about: Curing the psoriasis on my elbows by changing my thought patterns.

Words I live by: The power is in the present moment.

I can’t live without: Being outside.

I am most proud of: Getting to the finals in the National “Idea to Product Competition” for my invention the “Free Online Sustainable Garden Planning Calculator.”

My work: Raising money and directing programs to help people with mental illness and their families.

My passion: Changes every six months. Currently, it’s bread making; soon, it will be gardening. 

I love: Every sunny day.

I can’t live without: Pizza once a week.

One thing I never want to do again: Chemotherapy.

Right now I’m reading: A backlog of magazines.

Favorite website:  televisionwithoutpity.com to catch up on the shows I don’t have time to watch.

Last major purchase: KitchenAid mixer for making bread.

If I could do it all over again: I would laugh more, worry less and drink more champagne.

The food I could eat every day: Raspberries.

My best friend says I am: His wife.

Something most people don’t know about me: I was the captain of the golf team in college.

What are you most vain about? My brain. I hate to be patronized