About

ABOUT ERIN
Well hello there! I’m Erin, nice to meet you. Believe it or not I’ve been blogging on various domains and services since 1998. Back then the buzz word was “journaling” though, not blogging, and I had a strong tendency towards drama and over-shares. I grew up in Maine, best known for lobsters, blueberries, and blizzards that will bury your car until Spring, but for the last three years I’ve lived in Boston with my boyfriend CK. While I adore the thought of having a Westie puppy of my own, we don’t have any pets. Instead we have iPhones and Macs. They’re much easier on the furniture. Actually we recently adopted an adorable orange kitten. His name is Watson. So far our furniture is still intact. However, I’m not so sure about that whole Westie thing now. Watson has been quite a fury handful so far. We’ll see.

In my free time I love to cook. You can check out what’s going on in my kitchen at ErinCooks.com. When I’m not cooking I read armloads of YA Novels and Chick Lit. They keep me sane during the hour long commute to my office every day. You should know that I’m absolutely addicted to GoogleReader and checking my rss feeds has become practically a religion. I adore pop culture, so if you don’t know who’s currently dating George Clooney or when the new Isla Fisher movie is coming out we should make a date. I’d be happy to fill you in over a glass of pinot grigio or two.

ABOUT XOXOERIN
Why XoXoErin.com? I was simply tired of only blogging about cupcakes and spatulas. I actually do other things besides wear an apron and I wanted to diversify my creative outlet a bit. Originally I thought about buying TheGherkin.com, since that’s CK’s nickname for me, but after polling my girlfriends I realized that only we thought that was funny. Then it dawned on me that I always sign emails to my friends and family with “xoxo, Erin.”  Too cute, right?

XoXoErin is run on Wordpress, hosted at WebFaction, and maintained technically by CK.

Any personal photographs that I use on the site are shot with a Canon EOS 40D camera. I have no business using this camera. It has way too many bells and whistles and I count myself very lucky every time I’m able to get a decent shot. During the week I also keep my Canon PowerShot SD450 point and shoot in my bag, just in case.