About Allison

•creative gal who once owned her own wedding invitation business, wallpapered a room with newspaper, and threw a dinner party for 8 in the middle of a soccer field (not simultaneously)

•believes she can build an entire house. by herself. (yet untested)

•wants to speak French fluently

•in love with Vespas (all of them) and particularly cherry red vintage Vespas

•seeks goodness, truth, and beauty hoping to find Goodness, Truth, & Beauty

•could eat seven chocolate croissants in one sitting (or maybe eight)

•studied literature at Biola and misses her semester abroad in Oxford almost every day

•cooks when she feels like it, eats whenever possible

•is married to The Amazing Tim Howell (trust me, he is amazing)

•has contemplated starting over 100 businesses and may start all or none of them someday

•lives in a 102-year-old house in downtown Fullerton and loves it

•longs for more time with friends

•really loves presents (giving and receiving)

•travels to exotic and not-so-exotic places as often as possible

Photo courtesy of the uber-talented Ryel J