Emily Ellet

It’s a cattle brand. Get it?? So a friend (holla, Sara!) asked me if I would share my thoughts about branding, since it’s something I’ve spent a lot of time, money, and energy working on.  (I also promised you in a previous post to expand on how I ended up dyeing my hair.)  I’m happy to, as long as we all acknowledge up-front that I’m still developing my understanding of branding, especially as it relates to my own product (myself).  It’s a work in progress!  But here’s my ex

Me, responding well to change. You know how they say the only constant is change?  Never have I found that to be more true than on a cruise ship. People, for example.  Nearly everyone, even within departments, arrives and leaves at different times (the only exception should have been my cast, but I’ll get to that in a bit).  This means that it’s not uncommon to start to make friends with someone, only to learn that they’re leaving the next week.  It also means that people who

Good morning. What a whirlwind the last two days have been!  (At times, literally – quite the weather we had this morning.)  I am currently sailing up the Canadian coast towards Alaska, but let’s start with yesterday… Seattle greeted us Sunday morning with warm, bright, and slightly overcast skies.  It was gorgeous, in other words.  Despite having visited Sea-Tac airport numerous times, I was taken aback to find that there was a whole section of the airport I didn’t know abou