My work: Owner of Table Maestro, the industry’s leading phone reservation solution for fine dining restaurants.

My passion: Food!

I love: Sunshine, holidays, anything red, dark chocolate, olive oil and lemon.

My favorite possession: my Keurig Single Pod Coffee Brewer—it’s the best thing since Starbucks!

My best bargain find: Recently, Oak Restaurant’s $15 petite filet and a $5 peasant shirt from Putumayo’s closing sale.

My hometown: Vail, Colorado.

I’m thinking about: Dinner.

Words I live by: “As we let our own light shine, our presence automatically liberates others.” Nelson Mandela

I can’t live without: Mascara

I am most proud of: My staff.

I’m inspired by: Entrepreneurs—I love a great success story.

One thing I never want to do again: Work 9-5.

Last major purchase: 2 kittens, Leo and Luna.

The best thing I ever won: NOLS Scholarship to a month long Wilderness Expedition in Alaska.

Something most people don’t know about me: I am applying for dual citizenship to Greece.

My mother always said: “I just want you to be happy.”

My first job: Watering plants at Whiteford Greenhouse.

What do you fear the most? Mediocrity.

Best one-liner you ever heard: Chase your dreams like they’re running from you. 

I feel strongest when: I come out of the ocean.

The food I could eat every day: Fresh basil rolls.

The food I never want to eat again: Lobster.

If I were a superheroine, I would be: Weetzie Bat from Dangerous Angels.

The world would be a better place, if only: We had a free and independent media.

I’d like to learn to: Stay in touch.

I am most proud of: Running a marathon.

My hometown: Is wherever I happen to be living.

My best friend says I am: On the verge of something big.

The nickname I wish I had: Vima.

My hometown: Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
My work: Enhances lives, Empowers souls and Educates minds.
I wish I’d known: I was not fat at all.
The worst idea I’ve ever had: Try to cook an egg in the microwave.
My first job: Casino dealer in Puerto Rico.
I can’t live without: A roller set and a round brush.
One thing I never want to do again: Hit the "Reply All" button.
I am guilty of: Eating the chocolates and hiding the wrapper.
Right now I’m reading: About 13 books about hair. Simultaneously.
My favorite body part: Breasts. Mine were free.
The food I never want to eat again: Irish Soda Bread. 
Whose diary would you most like to read? Mine, if I could keep one.
What do you fear the most? Stretch marks.
Favorite color and why?: White. White linens, white towels, white underwear, white walls. It works well with my chaotic life and compliments my dark skin.
When I grow up, I want to be: Young.
I wish… More people supported the YMCA Youth Scholarship Campaign!

My work: Isn’t work at all! 


My best bargain find: I thought it was my house.


Words I live by: “Well-behaved women rarely make history.”


I can’t live without: Mexican food.


What keeps me awake at night: Facebook.


I am guilty of: Not answering the phone.


Right now I’m reading: The Tipping Point and Blink.


The one item that has changed my life: The Internet.


Last major purchase: Plane tickets.


The food I never want to eat again: Liverwurst.


If I were a superheroine, I would be: Laura Croft.


The best thing I ever won: My students’ hearts.


I still can’t get the hang of: Waking up early.


I’d like to learn to: Cut through the red tape.


Something most people don’t know about me: I used to be extremely shy.


My mother always said: Do it for yourself.


Whose diary would you most like to read? Salvador Dali.


24/7 with Harper Poe, textile/product designer, Charleston, SC

My work: Co-owner of Proud Mary, a socially conscious textile design company. All of our fabrics and products are hand woven and sewn by artisan groups in developing countries. We are currently working with several weaving and sewing cooperatives in Guatemala.

My passion:Travel.

I love:People.

My favorite possession:A retro ice bucket from my grandmother.

My family:Wir sprechen Deutsch!

My work: Freelance writer, marketing, branding.

My favorite possession: Orwell, my stuffed dog.

My work: A new business called Chocolate Cake.

My favorite possession: Gibbes, my Boykin Spaniel.

Words I live by: Less is more.

I can't live without: Chocolate and coffee.

I am most proud of: Starting a non-profit here in Charleston (American College of the Building Arts).

Right now I'm reading: Amy Orr-Ewing, Is Believing in God Irrational?

Favorite web site:ebay.com

Last major purchase: Gas.

If I had a vanity plate on my car, it would say: Christyboops.

The food I could eat every day: Peanut Butter.

If I were a superheroine, I would be: One of the Incredibles.

I'd like to learn: How to sail a boat by myself.

My work: By day: a restaurant management company; by night: a fashion line dedicated to giving new life to old clothing.

My favorite possession: A quilt made by my great-grandmother Philora Van Orsdale.

I’m thinking about: buying tickets to a Hot Chip concert this fall.

Words I live by: Suck it up.

I am most proud of: My mind

My family: My adopted Mother Carolyn Rivera, grandmother Essie Hires, father Hector Jorge, three brothers, Raymond, Elijah, and Ali, and a Sister, Shayla.

My work: Co-Founder of Carolina Empowerment Group, Inc.

I’m thinking about: My upcoming trip to Mexico in August with MTV to attend the 2008 International AIDS Conference.

I can’t live without: My Jilbere flatiron.

My family: Muddy Waters, Siamese cat.

My passion: To live more sustainably.

My favorite possession: My silver Vespa.

My hometown: Port Gibson, MS

Words I live by: Pay attention to details; details will make you or break you.

I can’t live without: Trish McEvoy #3 and an evening bath.

My family: Nick “Pops” Walsh, Sr.; Nick “Boo” Walsh, Jr., Tia & Tiger

My favorite possession: 1974 Buick Le Sabre Convertible, aka “Grace”

Words I live by: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” -Albert Einstein

What keeps me awake at night: My clients’ fate in the justice system.

If I could be totally wild, I would: Sky dive naked.

My family: Husband Orian, daughters Ellie and Susannah, Jack Russell Terrier Emma.

My favorite possession: My MacBook Pro, my cowboy boots, and the bedroom furniture made by my great-great-great grandfather.

Words I live by: “But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful
thing we can see.”
~Neutral Milk Hotel

I can’t live without: Challenges.

If I could do it all over again: I would have started my business a lot sooner.

My first job: Cookie baker for the elementary school my mom taught at. My mom would put the cookies in the lounge with an envelope for money and by lunchtime they were gone! Those chocolate chip cookies bought me my first car.

The best thing I ever won: 1st place in the Emotion category for the Wedding Photojournalist Association.

I am most proud of: Starting my business while living in a tent on the beach.

My mother always said: Portion control.

The worst idea I’ve ever had: Decorating my apartment with burlap.

The one item that has changed my life: My first camera.

Last major purchase: A trampoline…and no, I don’t have any kids!

My family: Defies logic.

My hometown: Hilo, Hawaii.

I’m thinking about: My upcoming wedding in Hawaii.

One thing I never want to do again: Eat olives.

I am guilty of: Acting my age.

My best friend says I am: Badass.