Posts by Liz

Friday Faves: Spring at last!

Friday Faves: Spring at last!

Getting ready to plant the garden! Spring has sprung! Here in the Bay Area, people are out in the parks wearing shorts and flip flops, and I’ve been working away in the backyard this morning with my housemate and some friends to build two raised beds for our new GARDEN! It’s amazing to feel dirt on the hands again. Spring has the tendency to spark renewal in people and in nature. The...

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Friday Faves: The Power of Three!

Friday Faves: The Power of Three!

Happy Friday everyone! Today the THREE of us wanted to highlight three things that get us really jazzed – not just for the weekend, but in life! Coincidentally, they all start with the letter P! PDX POW FESTIVAL Local PDXers should make their way to the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POW) this weekend! The festival “empowers women to find their voice and to share their...

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Friday Faves: Hot Norwegian Skiers, Gun Control, and a Ukelele

Friday Faves: Hot Norwegian Skiers, Gun Control, and a Ukelele

www.thesnaz.com This is Liz here, chiming in from Under Solen HQ in Portland, OR. Obviously, my fave from this week is that I got to spend the past five days drinking coffee and dodging rain drops with two of my favorite ladies. Not only was it awesome to be here and do some great work, but we managed to have a little fun too. In between intense new media strategy sessions, we managed to stumble...

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Taking a JUMP into New Media: Profile on SheJumps Executive Director, Claire Smallwood

Taking a JUMP into New Media: Profile on SheJumps Executive Director, Claire Smallwood

Photo Credit: Re Wikstrom For this week’s profile, we want to bring attention to an amazing organization that is inspiring women to take a “jump” into the outdoors, not just here in the States, but all over the world. SheJumps is a non-profit that was conceived by pro-skier Lynsey Dyer, with the help of her friends Vanessa Pierce and Claire Smallwood. In just a few months, they’ve jumped...

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