Dear Pennies & Pens, For the past few months, I have been quietly preparing for The National Black Book Festival. Please accept my apologies that I am just now announcing this here on the blog. This week, I learned that…
Media Visit Dear Pennies & Pens, So in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – I am going to announce the most EPIC news I have ever shared!!! At the beginning of October from the 4th – 7th, I’ll be traveling…
Dear Pennies & Pens, So almost 10 years ago, something epic happened. 8515 was started. It was in 2010 that I met my business partner and best friend, Miss Cacha Lopez. On that same day, we started a business. And…
Dear Pennies & Pens, So a day that I thought would never come is finally here!!! I am pleased to announce that The Page is Here: Chillin in Chi-Town, a digital travel guide. Chillin in Chi-Town offers insight on what to…
Dear Pennies & Pens, Let’s talk about how I created The InkSpot aka ISLP. I started kind of backwards because I created two products before I ever wrote a business plan. My first product, de la Pen…All Pen Everything dropped…
Dear Pennies & Pens, So here’s the thing…I’ve been meaning to post. I really have. But ummm I haven’t. This past week I realized that it’s my own fault because whenever I have good content I always post it on…
Media Visit Dear Pennies & Pens, There are some hotels that just have “it” — whatever it is. The Radisson RED in downtown Portland is one of those hotels. It is oh so fancy without being pretentious. But let’s back…
Dear Pennies & Pens, As you hopefully know, I am Co-Owner of 8515, a multicultural creative agency. We offer branding, marketing, public relations, event planning, and styling. Recently, we decided to focus on event planning since that’s what my business…
Dear Pennies & Pens, As you all know, I have been traveling like CRAZY. I have been to over 10 different cities in the past year. And I did it all on a Barista/Server budget. So how was I able…
Dear Pennies & Pens, I deleted the original post and started over. I lost my train of thought and the ink was just randomly spread throughout the page. It just didn’t make any fuckin sense. So I’m trying again. I…
