Of all the questions we receive daily—through comments, emails, and DMs—a surprising number of them are college-related. You've asked everything from how we navigated long-distance relationships, to favorite classes, and how we avoided the dreaded Freshman Fifteen (spoiler: We ...read more
It's safe to say that, as a whole, our entire team is almost compulsively neat—Leslie uses cleaning as a way to relax, Emily's house is, as you might imagine, always spotless, and Geoffrey's office desk rarely has a file or paper out of place. But if you know where to look, in ...read more
If you're anything like us, you grew up imagining a version of how middle school and high school was supposed to go—notes from crushes in lockers, prom, the best parts of Breakfast Club—then reality hit, and by that we mean: braces, acne, uniforms, puberty, chaperoned ...read more
Over the course of one month, we'll all have taken fairly extensive, international trips—Alina and Leslie each recently returned from their separate trips to Paris, and Emily and Geoffrey leave for Japan in just three days. With all that travel, the vast majority of our office ...read more
We've all heard of "Dance like nobody's watching," #noregrets, "No new friends" and, of course, YOLO, to the point that they lose their meaning and instead morphs into jokes. Getting pizza for lunch? YOLO. Accidentally ordered an $18 cocktail? #noregrets. Here are the actual ...read more
You know those days that follow Murphy's Law? You hit every red light, your work computer crashed, you forgot your lunch at home, and the after-work plans you'd been looking forward to all day fell through. Here's how we each cope with those days: Emily: Spending time with Sloan ...read more
Remember when Valentine's Day meant dropping a handmade card into your crush's cubby? We recently spent an entire team brainstorm discussing—and laughing about—our past experiences with "love" because it isn't always as easy as heart-shaped cards and chocolate. Here are some of ...read more
There are some questions—Is it pronounced car-uh-mel or care-uh-mel?—that seem benign at the surface, but elicit strong enough opinions that they've waged internet wars and ended friendships. Below we answered some of our favorite "controversial" questions—let us know if you ...read more
There are the resolutions that come back around every year—to eat healthier, drink less, sleep more, read more books, see friends more often—that are so ubiquitous and obvious they pretty much go without saying. Below, we're kicking off our first post of the year by sharing the ...read more
There are those gifts that are so thoughtful and touching—so you—that it completely floors you. Since this is the season of giving, we're looking back on some of the best gifts we've ever received: Emily: The most meaningful gift I've received (besides my engagement ring, since ...read more
Every Thanksgiving, a new crop of videos pops up in our news feeds—the family dog eating a turkey straight off the table, epic explosions, burnt birds. While nothing quite so dramatic—or dangerous—as a fried turkey fire ball has ever occurred during our own Thanksgiving dinners, ...read more
For our latest installment of Coffee Talk, we're celebrating Emily's favorite holiday by sharing our most memorable costumes of all time, that go beyond the obvious. Emily: As someone who's certifiably obsessed with all things Halloween, this was pretty hard for me to narrow ...read more
If 90% of communication occurs through body language, then a significant amount of what we "say" to each other comes from casual physical touch—a hand on someone's lower back when you're leaning in to talk to them, an extra-long hug, or just a pat on the shoulder—or lack ...read more
It didn't take long for us to realize that even with our small team of four, we work around the clock. More often than not, one of us will receive a late-night email from Alina, which in turn will be answered at the crack of dawn by Leslie, and attended to by Emily and Geoffrey ...read more
For this installment of Coffee Talk, we're sharing the unexpected jobs that helped our careers. You know the ones—the unglamorous, early-career stints that somehow managed to teach us some key lessons along the way (don't forget to share your own at the end!). Emily: When I was ...read more
Pet peeves are so random, hilarious, and personal that we thought we'd share ours in this week's Coffee Talk. Long-time blog readers likely know Emily's by heart, but here are the team's in all their glory. Emily: I've shared some of my pet peeves over the years, but the older ...read more
For this installment of coffee talk, we're revisiting the most important lesson(s) we learned in college, outside of the classroom—which is fresher for one of us, but has remained with all of us despite the time that's passed (even after our knowledge of 18th-century American ...read more
Remember that time you spilled coffee on yourself mid-meeting, locked braces kissing, and, like, totally committed social suicide in front of the coolest guy at school? So do we. Here are the embarrassing moments that made us blush at the time and still make us squirm: Emily: ...read more
Our team is made up of a medley of Los Angeles residents—from Geoffrey who's lived here his entire life to Leslie and Alina who are both recent East Coast transplants, and Emily who moved here nearly a decade ago. We all live in different parts of town (with the exception of ...read more
For this installment of Coffee Talk we're sharing our worst first dates. Of course it's been years since Emily and Geoffrey's last first date (they recently celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary), but we thought it would be fun to tell some of our dating mishaps along the ...read more
For this installment of Coffee Talk we decided to turn our attention to friendships. It's a transitional time of year with graduations and weddings, and a popular time of year for people to move to new cities and start new jobs. Big life changes can affect friendships and the ...read more
Several months back, shortly after Alina started at the company, we had a team bonding lunch at Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles. We were playing a game to get to know each other better, where each of us asked a question we all three had to answer. Mine was what's the best ...read more