Hi Reader!
Hope you had a happy Halloween! 🎃 My kids had so much fun dressing up this year as the King of Pop and the Queen of Candy. I made a couple of fun Halloween treats like my Halloween Chex Mix, Date Cookies (with Date Cockroaches) and Pizza Muffins (with spooky little spiders on top!) On Sunday, we officially took down the Halloween decorations, and it looks like Christmas outside our house now. Who else? LOL
I just got back from NYC with my Feel Good Foodie team for our first-ever team retreat! Google invited us to attend Human Voices Day, where we learned about the future of search. We also spent time meeting as a team to talk through our content strategy and how we can use AI to make some of our everyday tasks easier. And of course, we made time to enjoy NYC! We ate at some amazing restaurants, saw a Broadway show, and even tried an escape room. Spoiler alert: we did NOT escape lol 😂. It was so nice to spend time together outside of our usual Zoom meetings!
October was also a big birthday month! Between lots of friends and my sister, there were so many people to celebrate. I feel like every weekend there was another birthday, but I wasn't complaining! It was such a good excuse to get together, catch up, eat good food, and spend time with people I don't always get to see as often as I'd like.
And somewhere in between all of that, I also got to be part of some really meaningful community and business events. I attended the Arab American National Museum's Annual Gala and hosted an entrepreneur workshop for the Arab American Women's Chamber of Commerce, which was such a great opportunity to connect with other women in business. I also made a quick trip to NYC for Advertising Week! October was definitely a packed month, but looking back, I'm so grateful for all the opportunities to learn, connect, and celebrate with the people around me.
