Rachel is a Los Angeles native who has always held a passion for writing, editing and photography. After more than six years surviving Boston winters and six months backpacking and blogging her away across South America, Rachel has settled back in her hometown and is working as a beauty and wellness editor at DAYSPA magazine, a trade publication for spa owners and managers. For more information about Rachel, visit her full bio.

Pictures have been posted! May 30, 2010. A week after my arrival back in Boston and I have finally gotten around to sorting through all the pictures we took. After painful deliberation, I managed to choose the best 223 to post. Enjoy, and feel free to comment on them! Reflections, and Atlanta, Savannah and Charleston Pictures! .

Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! That they were engraved on a rock With an iron pen and lead forever! Tuesday, March 23, 2010. But here it is all the same.

My UX career began with psychology, where I studied behavior and motivation in a field environment. After designing experiences for people with developmental disabilities, I realized I wanted to design experiences for the web, where I could explore more abstract and visual ideas. I live for solving big problems, and start every design with research. Want to get in touch? .

Why does Amy Winehouse fascinate us so much? Amy Winehouse died in the most public of ways and nobody stepped in to help. Much of the conversation surrounding. Has been dominated by questions of blame. So special is that it is much more than the story of a sordid death. Her startling appearance that has elevated Winehouse beyond simply two very good albums. She was a singularity, .