I love learning new things. It’s a huge part of the premise behind Hobby Dabbler. I don’t learn in order to become an expert but rather to have the ability to go just below the surface of something to make it less intimidating to approach. Instead of mastering whatever I’m learning, I enjoy simply gaining […]
In 2018, one of my artsy friends, Shellie, and I started hanging out on the occassional Friday night to work on art projects for ourselves. I might work on a sewing project while she’d work on a drawing, or she’d cross-stitch while I did water colors. We’d invite other gals to join and I’d always […]
I love aerial videos – who doesn’t? I love them even more when it’s a new perspective of my surroundings. Normally we’re limited to what we can see with our own eyes when driving, taking a walk, or riding a bike. Occasionally, when flying (which I haven’t done in a few years), you get the […]
The jokes don’t write themselves.
For this episode of Hobby Dabbler, we combined two loves of mine and Paul’s: cocktails and photography! Our guest, Dave Imbordino, joined us for an evening of tips and tricks for photographing some delicious drinks that we stirred, shaked, er… “mixed up” together with some friends. If you ever have thought about hosting a cocktail […]
I feel like I should take a poll: How many readers know what Bunco is? (Leave a comment if you’ve heard of it or, better yet, have actually played it!) I hadn’t even considered the category of “social hobbies” when I was making Hobby Dabbler but I’m totally convinced that if the main reason of […]
When I was a little girl, I remember how exciting it would be to find a heads-up penny on the ground, or, better yet – a whole quarter! I think of the scene in Grease when there’s the big car race and Jan finds a penny that she gives to Kenickie saying “See a penny, […]
Learning to sail was not on my bucket list. In fact, I’d never actually been on a sailboat in open water before I took the class. One day, when talking with a friend of a friend who happened to be another federal employee, I learned that I have access to the Naval Support Activity attached […]
My best friend, Kathryn, and I have kids around the same age. Needless to say, even though we live 45 minutes apart, we spend a lot of time together and the kids have grown up like brother and sister. I’ve tried a few past times to bond with my son, Giuliano: riding scooters at the […]
Back in 2007, I took my photography side gig to the next level – I quit my secure, government job and decided to run my photography studio full time. So, when my engineer friend announced recently that he quit his job to pursue his plant propagation passion full-time with an app he’s building, I was […]
