TheUrbanRealist has LAUNCHED!

I’m so happy! I’m so happy to announce that TheUrbanRealist.com is officially live! I launched the site yesterday! I would love for you all to check it out! TheUrbanRealist will be my new home now,...

New Beginnings- TheUrbanRealist.c om

I took this in Folly Beach, South Carolina. I can’t believe how long it has been since my last post! I’ve missed writing on here so much! I hope you are all doing well and that your holidays were...

Hurricane Sandy: 5 Important Lessons Learned

Flooding from Hurricane Sandy at Ground Zero. Photo taken from Yahoo.com This morning while I was listening to the news reports about Hurricane Sandy, I couldn’t help but feel a mix of thankfulness...

Inspiration For The Unispired- On Thankfulness.

I took this driving home Tuesday night. This blog post was inspired by @HuffPostWomen’s #thankfulthursday. While everyone else was posting their #throwbackthursday pics, huffpostwomen encouraged us...

Do This and You’ll Live Longer.

Me, trying not to laugh. I know the title of this post has some of you wondering whether I’m going to try and push some new wonder drug on you. Or maybe tell you what foods to eat or what exercises...

Say Yes: 4 Things You Should Start Saying Yes To Immediately

I’m so sorry I haven’t published a new post recently. These last few weeks have been beautifully chaotic. I’ve moved, yet again. I know this might be a bit of a shock considering I had only move to...

Life’s Necessities: 5 Types of Girlfriends You Shouldn’t Live Without

Me with two of my oldest and dearest Laurie and Alex Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about friendships. In particularly, friendships between females. As a teenager, I always had more guy friends...

See What Unfolds: The Giveaway

I cannot even begin to tell you all how excited I am about my first giveaway! To say I’m pumped would be an understatement! Last week I was contacted by Trident Gum about their “See What Unfolds”...

Are You Ready? Prepare To Be Re.Vived.

I’m sure you guys have noticed from my instagram (danasiafantastic) and flickr that in the last few months I’ve done an obscene amount of shopping. In particular jewelry shopping. I can’t seem to...

Livin’ La Vida Lokal: Roho Cuban Coffee

It’s no secret I’m all about Exploring your own backyard . I’m a firm believer in seeing whatever the city I’m living in has to offer. Thankfully I’ve recently moved to a city that’s known for its...

Things You Need to Know: 5 Benefits of Knowing When to Shut Up!!!

I know I look like an ass, but it comes with the job. Haha:)I’m a very outgoing person. That said, in the past I’ve had the bad habit of talking too much. Depending on what I’m talking about, I...

Controlled Chaos: The Beginner’s Guide

I miss This!Someone once described my life as being “ridiculously chaotic”. At the time I didn’t pay it much attention, but last night when I was recalling the conversation, it suddenly struck a...

Promise You This.

My bf took this.I must confess. These last couple of months I’ve been slacking on the blog posts… Between moving around and getting my latest business venture rolling(expect the grand opening the...

Live It Up! 10 Ways to Boost Your Mood Instantly.

Took this when I was in Fort Lauderdale last week. We’ve all had one of those days where nothing seems to be going right. Whether you’re fighting with a significant other, or things are running...

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The 5 Astounding Benefits of Revisiting Your Past.

It’s no secret that I’ve been in major transition mode for the last couple of weeks. As exciting as the changes in my life have been recently, they’ve also been accompanied by a few bumps along the...

Cheers To Change.

Well it’s that time of year again. Summer is upon us and I could not be more excited! After contemplating on where to move, I’ve decided on Miami! I’ve lived in Fort Lauderdale before, but I’ve...

Turning a Negative To a Positive, The New York Times, and Looking Ahead

(I took this the other morning while watching the sunrise on the beach) My phone was broken. My computer crashed. I had to move out of my apartment. I was broke. That was my life three weeks ago....

Stop Threatening To Burn Everything in Your Closet. (5 Tips for Updating Your Wardrobe on the Cheap)

We’ve all had that feeling. That feeling you get in the pit of your stomach, when you walk into your closet and realize you have nothing to wear. That immense sense of dread you get knowing that...

5 Things I would Tell my 20 Year Old Self.

(One of my modeling photos from when I was 20) While going through an old photo album recently I came across the above photograph. The first thing I thought was “I was so skinny! And where is that...

See the World. (Without Getting on a Plane)

Most of us love the idea of traveling, but don’t necessarily have the means or the time to make it work. Traveling is something I feel like I must do, but at this point in my life it isn’t...

Cheer Up, Buttercup.

One of the main reasons I started this blog, was so that I could learn to be more content. I took this photo yesterday, and although I was feeling slightly depressed when I took it, looking at it...

Making Lemonade Out of Life’s Lemons.

I woke up with pink eye early this morning. Needless to say I wasn’t thrilled about it. I was scheduled to work today, and being that my cellphone is still broken, I had to go into work to show...

Fight for Your Right to Smile! (5 Ways to Relieve Stress)

You ever have one of those days where it seems like everything that could go wrong has? That was my day last Thursday. I realized one of the jobs I recently started, I absolutely hate. I broke my...

Forgive Yourself. (Letting Go of Guilt)

All of us feel guilty from time to time. Guilt at times lets us know when we have done something wrong. It’s your minds way of telling you “You need to make things right”. At other times, the guilt...