bio

I was raised in Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, two blocks from the amazing Pacific Ocean. My first job, at thirteen, was selling surfing lessons and outrigger canoe rides to all the happy tourists. It was an idyllic job throughout my teen years.

At twenty, I set my sights on California. I could not decide if my new home would be in San Francisco or Los Angeles. So, I flipped a coin – heads SF – tails – LA. Los Angeles, it was, and I never looked back.

My twenties were spent booking sessions for the who’s who of rock and roll at a famous West Los Angeles recording studio. The 70s was a free-spirited time, and I took full advantage of the freedom. Along the way, I traveled throughout Europe (by myself). A couple of years later, I spent a year traveling, with a girlfriend, through Mexico, Central, and So. America. On the way home, we traveled the U.S. – Miami, New Orleans, New York City, and Boston. 

When I returned to Los Angeles, I found that my ambition was waiting for me, and it propelled me into a future that I would never have dreamt of as a beach girl in Waikiki.

My launching pad was a beautiful, avant-garde, Five-star hotel near UCLA. As the Dir. of Corp. Events, I was led to a new vista of opportunities and companies to explore for my professional future.

And what a future lay in front of me.

Upon leaving the hotel, I spent the next fourteen years in magazine publishing with the country’s number one teen/fashion magazine and later to a groundbreaking woman’s magazine. I adored those years in advertising and publishing, but something was missing. My free spirit had been hibernating below the surface and was now reemerging with a nagging frequency – asking me to break away from the corporate world and find my creativity. And with the mantra, I am open to whatever comes my way; I began my quest. Over the next 25 years, I became immersed in design and traveled the world developing products for the decorative home accessories market.

When I think about my life, three things have remained consistent. I am never too old to start a new adventure or a creative endeavor. My willingness to put myself on the line and break out of the familiar. And my love of writing.

I first began Platinum Boomer in 2013. And, it became apparent after a year that the demands of publishing a blog and managing a demanding career left me little time for anything else. So here I am after an extended break reemerging in a new country in a new decade of age.

I am thrilled and blessed to finally have the time in my life to explore and write about my philosophy on aging, my place in this new world, and my continued desire to explore all that surrounds me.

I hope you’ll join me here at Platinum Boomer Journal…