About Me

Hello, I'm Ashley, might know me as Bee, since I used that pseudonym for a while, but I'm over that now :) I'm a 25 year old college graduate who recently left the city to live at home in the country and get a leg up on my massive student loans. I'm truly a country mouse turned city mouse, as I sorely long for the tall buildings and fast-paced living of the city. I hope to return there to live someday, but for now I'm trying to throw together some sort of a nest egg or savings or something so I can be a real adult soon.

My dream is to move to Los Angeles. I've visited once and have a lot of friends who live out there. I just love everything about that place... Especially the lack of winters! New England winters are the worst, despite being an excellent excuse to make soup.

I discovered my love of cooking while in college, living in my own apartment. I was a vegetarian at the time, so I ended up having to cook for myself a lot, as there weren't many options for eating out. Eventually, I stopped being a vegetarian (though I try to eat as ethically as my budget allows and go organic when I can) and expanded my culinary knowledge to cooking meats. As I cooked more and more and devoured countless cook books, I was better able to appreciate good food on the occasions where I get to go out. To read about my culinary journey, follow this link!

Currently I'm working as a marketing assistant for an energy company. My degree is in writing and publishing, but I'm loving marketing and learning new things every day. I love my job, but I do dream about a future in writing. My dream job would probably be a Travel Food Writer!

You have no idea how excited I was for this Creme Brulee
On the Champs Elysee in Paris!

I love travel. This passion was really jump-started when I spent a semester of college living in The Netherlands, in a castle with about 80 other students an hour outside of Amsterdam. The school gave us long weekends and a rail pass, so I really got to see a lot of fun and exciting places. I hope to go back to each of them in my lifetime for a longer period of time. I loved that experience and now try to see at least two new places a year. I'm pretty good at traveling on a budget, and have been lucky to see all of the fun and exciting places that I've been able to experience! I feel like the world is just so big, and it's a shame to confine yourself to just a tiny piece of it. I hope I get to live in many different places, I don't like staying still for too long.

Making Quiona

In addition to cooking and travel I also enjoy music, both listening and performing it, acting, design, art, shopping (horrible addiction), and being in the sun. Summer makes me very very happy :)

Meyer Lemon Tart

My absolute favorite foods are tacos and sushi, and I hope to someday be brave enough to try making my own sushi!

Want to know more? Why not check out my twitter, my Facebook, my other blog, or this AWESOME INTERVIEW that Musings on Life After College did on me :)