Contributors

Linda Grasso, SheSez Founder
	Linda Grasso is a journalist based in Los Angeles. She's worked primarily on-air in television, most recently at E! Entertainment Television as a correspondent on E! News. Before E!, she worked as a news reporter and anchor at stations including KTTV in LA and WNBC in New York.  Linda also runs Manipura Media Coaching and Video Production.  Manipura brings to the surface the best in executives and companies through personal media training and cutting edge, video production.   Linda lives in LA with her husband and two children. [Read her articles]
Margot Calabrese, News & Pop Culture
	Margot is a keen observer of strange news & pop culture, and embraces political incorrectness. Margot was born in NYC, raised in Chicago, Illinois, Kalispell, Montana, and Escondido, California. After graduating from UCLA, she joined Bullocks department store’s management training program and did the retail thing for a few years. After she got married, she and her husband moved to London, where she designed and programmed systems for a large merchant bank.  Margot is married and has two sons. So, for the past 16 years she has worked as a mom with all the glamorous things that entails! Now, she just wants her identity back. [Read her articles]
Linleigh Richker, Wardrobe Consultant  Linleigh Richker brings a fresh and tasteful point of view to her work as a wardrobe consultant.  Her mantra is you never get a second chance to make a first impression.  So even a trip to the grocery store has it’s place. Her clients include men and women who simply don’t either have the time, inclination or ability to create a wardrobe that is right for them. Linleigh has the unique ability to weed out a client’s closet and identify what’s missing with speed and efficiency.  She puts together a “working wardrobe” that’s appropriate for every occasion and specific to each individual client’s needs. She also helps clients interpret trends in a meaningful way.  Linleigh’s diverse clientele ranges from the high-powered entertainment executive to the stay-at-home mom or dad.  Prior to starting Linleigh Richker Wardrobe Consultants, Linleigh worked in the wholesale apparel industry representing lines such as Philippe Adec, Equipment, InWear/Matinique and Perry Ellis.  Before that, she worked as a men’s clothing buyer for Neiman Marcus.   She’s married with two children and in her spare time loves to play tennis.
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John Lyons, Landscape Designer & Teacher  John Lyons designs, installs and maintains edible landscapes, California Native       gardens, orchards and wild hedgegrows with his company The Woven Garden. He also leads classes on the art and science of gardening with his series of courses called Earth Matters.  John, who is originally from Ireland, has had gardens Galway, London, Zurich, New York and Los Angeles.  He's known for inspiring Los Angeles based gardeners to do new things, and dream up new landscapes & plant combinations.   Feel free to contact him at john@thewovengarden.com.
Erika Novick, Food & Home
	Erika Novick is the woman you dream of being when you have to throw a dinner party or make a cheesecake for your parent's anniversary. In short, she is a west coast domestic goddess. Having watched her in action for years, there's simply nothing this woman can't do, left entirely to her own devices and her amazingly spartan kitchen, full fruit orchard, and stunning, traditional garden. She is a wizard at entertaining, gourmet cooking and home design.  A former set decorator (duh!), Erika now spends most of her time perfecting the the refined art of fine living, whipping up incredible meals with seasonal fare, and keeping an eye on her athletic twin sons. [Read her articles]
Coco Cozy, Interior Design
	CocoCozy, Interior Design Enthusiast CocoCozy (Coco is her nickname) is not a professional interior decorator or design expert - just someone who likes anything to do with house and home. This accomplished woman, who has a law degree, actually has a big time job in the entertainment industry! But her biggest hobby is hunting for great stuff and writing about it. Coco says she likes to write about interior design to help her family, friends and other design lovers and home decorators find cool things and give them inspiration. We love Coco because, although she has exquisite taste, she isn't a snob. Coco covers the whole retail gambit - treasure hunting everywhere from Nancy Corzine and Ann Sachs to Bed Bath & Beyond and Target. Check out CocoCozy [Read her articles]
Julie Diamond, Health & Fitness
	Julie Diamond is an LA-based physical trainer.  Julie is a big believer in in cross-training and a whole body work-out - combined with a low-fat diet filled with veggies and grains. Wonder if her approach works?  The proof is in the pudding baby, as you can see in the photo.   Why do we love Julie?  She proves once and for all that forty is the new thirty.