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Home and Garden Editor @BuzzFeed Prev: @Sunset, @voxmedia, @AptTherapy, @mocoloco she/her
May 24, 2021 26 tweets 13 min read
I guess I'm a sadist so let's talk about California residential real estate.

Did you know it's bonkers? Like just completely bananas. Let's look at some examples. I live in Los Angeles but also pay close attention what's happening in the Bay Area and the desert. Lots of folks still buying in the Bay Area and lots of folks decamping to the desert. All of these markets are completely absurd.
Oct 11, 2019 32 tweets 9 min read
I’m going to do a TikTok dump of people doing extraordinary things.
May 23, 2019 6 tweets 2 min read
This is a cool/silly video that TikTok user Kaxcos posted. It’s not extraordinary or anything, but what happened next is. One of the most unique features of TikTok is how easily users can “duet” with each other. Basically a user can post a “response” video that will be placed next to the original video. A LOT of the duets are either dance offs or reaction videos. This is a good example:
Mar 4, 2019 13 tweets 3 min read
After 15+ years, I made the decision (after being laid off) in January to take a break from journalism. The industry was/is abysmal and I wanted to try something else. Here's what I've learned so far. (A thread.) 1. Your skills are transferable. There are so many amazing jobs out there that require the same skillset as journalism. You will usually be valued more because you are a rare commodity.
Feb 16, 2019 9 tweets 2 min read
Heeey night Twitter. Should we GET WEIRD?
Feb 5, 2019 4 tweets 2 min read
Can someone please give my goofy, deadbeat dog a job Always trying to steal the show
Jan 25, 2019 100 tweets 28 min read
TikTok is an app. It's very similar to Vine. Folks use it to create and share short videos that are hilarious and often hard to understand unless you are familiar with the meme. I'll try my best to explain my favs. In the meantime, download the app because it's so good. 1. Pretty boy swag meme is people passively preparing to mimic an inanimate object, character, or famous person
Aug 10, 2018 40 tweets 12 min read
I’m at the grand opening of the Salesforce Transit Center & Salesforce Park. Event is about to start so keep it locked here for crucial intel. Quick facts: the transit center is a “transportation hub that connects transit systems throughout the Bay Area: AC Transit, Greyhound, Muni, WestCAT, Lynx, Amtrak, and Paratransit with easy connections to BART, Golden Gate Transit, Muni Metro, and Sam Trans.”
Jun 19, 2018 14 tweets 8 min read
*Sigh*

There are 15 one-bedroom condos in San Francisco that are asking more than $1,000,000. Not shocking: All but one are in northeast San Francisco with a big concentration in Nob Hill and Russian Hill.