About me

I'm Donna D. - a freelance journalist out of Orange County, CA. I cover trends, youth, and entertainment for Bay Area-based Filipinas magazine. Currently, I am a volunteer Web editor for the Asian American Journalists Association - Los Angeles, part-time student at UCLA finishing two classes in feature and food writing, and pseudo-author trying to finish my book on my family chronicles.

My blog is named after my cute love birds. I plan on covering fashion, food, and fun. You'll hear about my lil' dining adventures to neat shopping finds around town.

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