Well, howdy! It's been a while, hasn't it? There's lots happening down here at the Isle, so much so that blogging has taken a back seat to the day-to-day business of, well, running a business.
This is not your intrepid Boss Lady, writing this, mind you. Let me introduce myself: My name is Alison (but you can call me Ali) and I'm going to be helping out at Isle of You, both at the shop itself and on the interwebs. I guess I'm the official Isle of You blogger now.
I have my own personal blog, and I long dreamed of getting paid to write blog entries. And here I am! So how did I manage to get this gig? The power of the Internet is amazing, let me tell you.
A little more than a year ago, someone named Lolli wrote me a Flickrmail after looking at some of my photos.
Hi Ali! Found you when I did a google search for 3rd Street Coffee.
Wanted to let you know that I love your photos. You should have lots
more in explore!!!!
Peace out!
Lolli
And so began a correspondence. Since I have a lot of self-portraits on my Flickr stream, the next time I walked into Isle of You, Lolli recognized me and said hello. And from there, our friendship developed. At first it was mostly online, but in the past few months, Loll and I have been getting together at community events and personal lunches. (Huh? Personal lunches? You know what I mean -- we'd get together for lunch, either with other people or alone.)
When she asked me if I'd be interested in collaborating with her on some things, I didn't hesitate. And here I am.
That's the short version of the story. And it's all due to a Google search.
I'll be changing some things around here on the blog, so check back. Why not sign up for the RSS feed? And you can follow the Isle on Twitter, or join the Facebook group. Like I said, there's lots of stuff happening at the Isle. Stay tuned!