Hi. I’m Shilo.
No, I didn’t bake those cupcakes. However, I did eat six of them and suffered the resultant sugar high/hangover cycle. That’s what happens when there are cupcakes in the workplace.
So why does my photo have cupcakes in it? Well, it was taken for a cupcake-specific event and I happened to be the only person hanging around when the photographer showed up so I got to be in the photo. When the photo was published I was surprised to see that for once, I didn’t look like a total idiot in it I stole it to use on my blog. There. The truth. happy now?

ANYWAY, let’s move on. I’m a thirty-one year old American expat currently living in the city of Brisbane on the east coast of Australia. I don’t say mate or g’day and I think vegemite is vile slime. That said, Australia is pretty awesome.

I was born in Poulsbo Washington, an incredibly quaint Scandinavian fishing village on the Puget Sound where people still use Norwegian words as slang.
After growing up in and around Seattle, I moved my act to Brooklyn. I consider New York City home.

In September 2009, I put on a poofy white dress and took the subway to Central Park where I married a talented, super foxy and very private man who will henceforth be known to this blog as The Mister.
He’s Australian and no, I don’t just love him for his accent. He’s also got a nice tush.

The Mister and I moved to Australia in November 2009. For now, we live in Brisbane but we plan to move back to New York when we finish up some projects here. Lord knows how long those will take. You know how projects are these days, you really can’t trust’em.

I’m very interested in contemporary art, books, sewing, design, bicycles and checking out strange local birds.

I am a fairly solid representation of my astrological sign Capricorn, the wet blanket of the zodiac.
I’m loud-mouthed, opinionated and really friendly.

I would love to hear from you. Email shilo at yikesmachine dot com