Hello!
I know it’s been quite a while since I posted anything on this website. I figured that since it’s been a while, I’d offer an explanation and go over the future of this place.
When I started this blog back 2022- I really wanted to pour my passions at the time into one cohesive thing. I was focused on journalism and enjoyed writing as a whole and had recently graduated, and found a job. After work, I spent evenings teaching myself how to code since I wanted to try coding at least some parts of a website. I heavily enjoyed writing and showcasing my thoughts for hopefully others to see. I was really big into reading food reviews for restaurants, specifically on platforms like Eater or New York Time s(More specifically from Pete Wells), and I guess I wanted to see if I could write about food on my own similar to the reviews that I saw. Most important of all, I love eating good food too, and really just wanted to look back at fond or not so fond memories of places.
When I launched in 2022, I was so excited! But then life happened. We had some highs, and then some lows. I took time away from writing, but never from visiting restaurants. I took pictures and notes here and there, but I guess somewhere along the way I lost the passion I once had. I took time to figure out what I wanted to do outside of typical activities like work and staying at home. I developed new hobbies and interests, and yet this blog, or this piece of me, always seemed to remain at the back of my mind, and I found myself wanting to do more than this, but also uplift this project at the same time.
What I’m trying to say is that, aLaColeman isn’t going away, but I am working on reviving it and changing it into something different, which includes venturing into other avenues, utilizing the same name You’ve already probably noticed that the site has changed a lot recently as well to reflect this.
If you’ve checked out the About Me section, you probably know that I love fashion, food, and photography. In support of that, I think I am going to try to do content creation about both food and fashion, two of my favorite things. I’ve always been a bit camera shy (taking photos and recording things,) but I am working on venturing over into video content creation on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram for both food and fashion. At the same time however, I also want to do more written content as well, which I plan to use Substack for fashion, and also maybe another substack newsletter for the more journalistic/media/news/reporting type of thing (maybe for another interest of mine, tbd). I want to scratch the itch in my brain for making content for not only people to see, but for myself and I also want to make written content for people to read and discuss, or just view for pleasure. aLaColeman will be here, but maybe for reviews or guides just written in a more simplistic way. I think I will do restaurant reviews also on social media, but mainly condense it down or do something a bit different so it’s not repetitive on both platforms. aLaColeman on social media will also focus on news in fashion, pieces/thrift finds/styling, and deep dives/analysis of style into fashion through tvs or movies, and maybe celebrities or company history, or trends.
With that being said, please stay tuned with me everywhere! Follow me on substack, twitter, tiktok, or instagram, and I’ll have something up for you soon! Thanks for sticking with me!