It's been a while since I wrote a piece for the blog, but it seems like life has finally slowed down a little bit. During the month of May I was in a different city every week and attending a wedding 2 weekends in a row. At the end of the month I left for LA, excited to meet founders that I hadn't before. I met my friend, Meghana Dhar -- who has just launched her new website (here). Her story is super inspiring and if you'd like to work with her, RUN don't walk to her website 🙂

We met at Erewhon, which I actually have never dined at but I hate to say it, the food was really good, the juices were absolutely delicious and best of all I tried the DadaEats Perfect Date Latte. This is developed by Samah Dada and features a date caramel with coffee! It's only available through July 8th, so again if you're in LA get your hands on it ASAP!

During my travels, I think it is super important to continue to expand my network and meet new founders in the community. I got connected to Sahil from Raga during the month of May and stopped by the Raga showroom which was absolutely stunning. I got to preview their upcoming new collections, learn more about their sourcing and design process as well as see their studio space. I walked away with two beautiful shirts, and I can't wait to continue to get my hands on more Raga pieces.

I also met Dharni, the founder of Kindia Beauty. These masks are one of the prettiest face masks I literally have ever seen. I was so excited to learn more about her journey building a skincare brand especially during the pandemic and was inspired by her story. The masks are phenomenal and left my skin feeling glowy, moisturized and overall happy!

I came back from LA just in time for the Impact Summit, something I actually had never attended before. It was honestly one of the best South Asian events I have ever been to because the community was so different than what I am used to. It was empowering and an eye opening experience to learn about what was going on in politics and how to support. The Gala was beautiful and I am so looking forward to going again next year.

Finally last week we did our first actual team bonding activity -- before we have just had random chats / vent sessions but we decided to do a flower arranging class with Viola Floral. Flowers are something that make me so happy and just having them on my desk improves my mood. Everyone had such a good time and I am excited to plan these quarterly team bonding activities and support women owned small businesses along the way!