Staff

Founder & Publisher: Ariel Meadow Stallings

A writer and editor for over a decade, Ariel Meadow Stallings has been published in magazines and newspapers like Modern Bride, ReadyMade Magazine, and Seattle Weekly. Her work has been featured by the New York Times, Today Show, and The Guardian.

Ariel's first book, Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives For Independent Brides, was first published in 2007 with a second edition released in 2010.

She lives in Seattle with her yoga instructor husband, infant son, and a small dog.

Managing Editor: Stephanie Kaloi

Stephanie is happily and delightfully married to her very best friend, Sean, and they are parents to a funkadelic rainbow of a son, Jasper, and owners of a crazy mongrel named Kali.

Stephanie also writes the blog Casa de Kaloi, a myriad of parenting quandaries, relationship stories, and, of course, entirely too many Star Wars references.

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Contributors

We love featuring submissions from readers, but a few of our guestbloggers have become more consistent contributors…
Hunny, Etsy Fiend
Hunny lives in the Berkeley area and classifies herself and her husband as "kinda like, neo-hippies." She's a goth/industrial DJ, he spins BreakBeat. She loves Zombie movies.

Rich Thomas, Step Dadaist
Rich lives and writes out of Redondo Beach, California. He sits on his son's school site council board during the day, and at night strategizes on new ways to subvert the mainstream music media on his website. Follow him @StepDadaism.

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